Handouts and Tip Sheets

• Checklist for Papers
• Standards for Grading Papers: delineates the standards I use when grading papers
• Brief Guide to Citations and Bibliography (Chicago Style)
• Documentation and Style Guide based upon the Chicago Manual of Style
• The Fumblerules by William Safire: a series of stylistic rules that demonstrate the error they condemn
• Everything You Every Wanted to Know About a Poem But Where Afraid to Ask: A Guide to Formal Analysis of Poetry
• Glossary of Literary Terms
• Good advice on writing from another professor

On-line Resources

• Documentation and Style Guide based upon the Chicago Manual of Style
• FAQs on style by the Chicago Manual of Style
• Brown University Resources for Writing in History & the Humanites

Reference Works and Handbooks

• The Little, Brown Essential Handbook for Writers (4th Edition) by Jane E. Aaron
• The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition)
• The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition by William Strunk Jr., Charles Osgood, Roger Angell
• Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Kate L. Turabian