1. Restate Thesis in Conclusion
Rough Draft Concerns
Italics
Quotation Marks
Numbers
Contractions
Abbreviations
Works Cited
Restate Thesis in Conclusion

2. Italics Use italics for the following kinds of titles and names of written works:
Title of a Book The Scarlet Letter
Title of a Magazine Sports Illustrated
Title of a Newspaper The Washington Post
Title of a Play Our Town
Title of a Database Literary Reference Center

3. Italics Use italics for the following kinds of titles and names of artistic works:
Title of a Movie The Empire Strikes Back
Title of a TV Series Gossip Girl
Title of a CD The Best of Maroon Five
Title of a Painting The Starry Night
Title of a Sculpture David
Title of a Ship/Boat Commodore; Titanic
Title of an Aircraft Apollo 13

4. “Quotation Marks” Use quotation marks for titles of short works:
Titles of Short Stories “The Tell Tale Heart”
Titles of Poems “O Captain! My Captain!”
Titles of Articles “Crane, Stephen”
Titles of Songs “Jingle Bell Rock”

5. *Consistency is important!*
Numbers Spelling out numbers vs. using numerals is largely a matter of writers’ preference.
Two differently philosophies:
According to the Associated Press Stylebook, one should spell out the numbers one through nine and use figures thereafter.
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, one should spell out the numbers one through ninety-nine and use figures thereafter.
*Consistency is important!*
A few rules are universal:
1. Spell out all numbers beginning a sentence.
Examples: Twenty-three hundred sixty-one victims were hospitalized. Nineteen fifty-six was quite a year.
2. Hyphenate all compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine.
Examples: Forty-three people were injured in the train wreck. Twenty-seven of them were hospitalized.
3. Hyphenate all written-out fractions.
Examples: We recovered about two-thirds of the stolen cash. One-half is slightly less than five-eighths.
4. With figures of four or more digits, use commas.
Count three spaces to the left to place the first comma. Continue placing commas after every three
digits. Important: do not include decimal points when doing the counting.
Example: ,054 people

6. Contractions
No use of contractions in formal writing: cannot instead of can’t does not instead of doesn’t is not instead of isn’t do not instead of don’t

7. Abbreviations
No use of abbreviations in formal writing: United States instead of U.S. New York instead of NY

8. Works Cited Page
Only list sources on Works Cited Page that are actually cited in your paper (with a parenthetical citation).
Four sources required for paper.

9. Restate Thesis Statement
Thesis statement should be restated in your concluding paragraph—not repeated!