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Chicago Style Guide: Chicago Format Checklist

Chicago Format Checklist

Before you turn in your paper, ask yourself if:

✓ You followed the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, or Turabian, 9th edition. 
✓ You double-spaced your paper, except for block quotations, notes, and bibliographies.
✓ Your font size is between 10-12 pt.
✓ You indented your paragraphs.
✓ You used one-inch margins.
✓ You have a title page with the title of the paper, your name, class information, and date.
✓ You added page numbers in the upper right corner of each page.
✓ Your footnotes are numbered and single-spaced (if used)
✓ You have followed any requirements and expectations set by your professor, even if they contradict these rules.


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