LibGuides: Chicago Manual of Style: Crafting a Paper

Crafting a Paper

Crafting a Paper Topic list below comes directly from the Resources for Students, from The Chicago Manual of Style Online.

If you are writing your first paper or trying to improve your skills, these one-page tip sheets are written with you in mind. Click on a topic of interest to you or download all 26 topics in one PDF.

Why Research?
Choosing a Topic: Research Questions
Core of an Argument = Claim + Reasons + Evidence
Plan Your Research Around the Questions of Argument
How to Plan Your Time
Finding a Research Question
Academic Language of Research—Assignments
Academic Language of Research—How to Position Your Idea
Tell and Retell Your Elevator Story
Finding Relevant and Reliable Sources
Write as You Read
How Arguments Grow from Questions
Academic Language of Research—Acknowledging
Planning Your Draft
Working Through Writer’s Block: Getting Unstuck
When to Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize
Academic Language of Research—Verbs for Introducing a Quotation or Paraphrase
Three Principles for Citing Sources
The Dramatic Pattern of Introductions and Fairy Tales
Writing an Introduction
Drafting a Conclusion
Writing Your Title
Revising Your Draft: Shape (Organization), Introduction and Conclusion, Sentence Level
Five Principles for Clear Sentences
Accepting Feedback