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The introduction then leads to the thesis statement, which is sometimes underlined, depending on your professor’s preference. The thesis statement is the main idea of the essay, telling the reader in one sentence what the body of your essay will demonstrate or prove, and the rest of the essay supports the thesis with facts, evidence, and reasoning.\nIf You Have a Long Essay, Use Headings to Break Up the Body of the Essay\nThe first sentence of the first body paragraph should be the topic sentence, which tells the reader what the paragraph will discuss. This sentence should relate to the thesis and provide support for the claim made in the thesis statement. After the topic sentence, supporting details are used to back up the topic sentence and provide more information about it. Each detail should relate back to the topic sentence. Details can include analysis, explanation, quotations about the subject, and/or facts and figures that support the topic sentence. The paragraph should conclude with a sentence that sums up the paragraph and leads into the next body paragraph.\nTransition words, such as “similarly,” “however,” “therefore,” etc. can be helpful in linking paragraphs. You should show how your next paragraph connects to the one that came before. The paragraph should have its own topic sentence and follow the same format as the first body paragraph, with supporting details and a closing sentence. Each body paragraph should repeat the topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence format.\nUse a New Heading When You Change Major Topics\nWithin your paragraphs, you should be sure to cite your sources using footnotes or end notes. In Chicago style, these citations provide the location of your information in your sources. You should provide a citation for each fact, summary, paraphrase, or quotation you use from an outside source. If you don’t do this, it is plagiarism, a serious academic offense. A footnote to a quote from page 12 of a book by Christopher Clark would look like this, with a superscript (raised) number indicating the note. This is an example of a footnote. We will go over more about this at the end of the template in the section on End Notes. You can use either footnotes or end notes, but you should not use both. Consult your instructor for his or her preference. Subsequent notes are numbered 2, 3, 4, etc. You then list your sources again at the end of the paper in the Bibliography. Such citations make it easy for readers to see where you gathered your information to check it for themselves.\nAdditionally, Chicago style typically asks students to use a standard font (such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier New for Windows, or Times, Helvetica, or Courier for Mac) at size 12. You should not use fancy fonts, colors in the text, or excessive amounts of boldface, underlining, or italics. The whole paper should be double-spaced with smooth left margins and jagged right margins. In Chicago style, the titles of books, movies, long plays, TV shows, journals, newspapers, magazines, and websites are Italicized. Short stories, poems, episodes of TV shows, and short plays are placed in “Quotation Marks.” Following these conventions makes it easy for readers to recognize what you are referring to quickly and accurately.\nThe Conclusion Finishes the Essay\nThe first sentence of the conclusion should restate the thesis statement, reminding the reader in different words what the essay has shown or proved. You should then offer a brief discussion of your topic, reminding the reader what the most important parts of the essay were. 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