The Format for the book appraisal Title page Double spaced, 12 font 8 10 pages; 10 15 paragraphs First paragraph is introduction; needs to have a thesis statement o Ideally 1, but up to 2-3 sentences for the thesis statement o Thesis ought to be in the middle of the paragraph 1 2 sentences leading to thesis 2 3 sentences after thesis; explain what you further hope to illustrate give insight to what you hope to talk about at the end of the paper o Close w/ personal analysis (Avoid I believe or I) Conclude with 1 -2 closing synthetic paragraphs o Make final comments about everything you ve analyzed Every paragraph must have analysis sentences; 5 -6 sentences of your own personal analysis Sources& Footnotes Turabian style (what s known as Chicago citation style) Stop at the end of last sentence, select footnote from Insert tab[1] Footnote everything that is not 1) common sense 2) your own ideas/ opinions First sentence must be indented you may need to use info from the same source more than once in the same part of paper (ie, three sentences at the end of one and beginning of next paragraph use same source) o In this case, use IBID and page number (IBID pg.34) Only use when same source is used in consecutive sentences Sources From a book: first and last name of author, Title, Place of publishing: pg # example: Oatley, H. Thomas. International political economy: interests and institutions in the global economy. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2008. Here is a website where you can read more about how to footnote in Chicago style: https://www.ivcc.edu/stylebooks/stylebook5.aspx?id=14646
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