The DePauw University Style Guide provides writing style standards for publications created for DePauw’s external audiences. Also included are examples of correct grammar and forms about which people ...

With millions of academic papers being published each year—close to an estimated three million in 2020 alone—scholars often struggle to make their work stand out. While no one has been able to nail ...

Academic writing is defined by conventions rather than rules and so its style varies. The point is not for you and your peers to produce identical pieces of writing , but to provide a shared framework ...

Writing an essay at the postgraduate level requires careful planning and structuring to present a coherent, well-argued, and scholarly piece of work. Below are some essential steps to help you plan ...

Citing sources is an important part of academic writing. Different disciplines use different citation styles. Organizations that have developed citation styles publish a style guide, or manual, which ...

There are many different types of academic reports. Use the resources here to guide your development, structure, format and language. A report is a concise piece of writing that uses facts and ...

The examples on this page use the recently released Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition. Punctuation is important. Use the same punctuation and formatting as the order instructions and examples. Use ...

A few years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I presented a paper at my department’s American Literature Colloquium. (A colloquium is a sort of writing workshop for graduate students.) ...