2. Text Organisation

• Write your paper in continuous prose, not as notes.

• Plan the organisation of a paper before you begin to write it.

• Make your paper logical and easy to follow.

• Organise your paper into a theoretical and practical parts.

• Split parts into chapters and subchapters. Make each chapter coherent.

• Start each chapter of your thesis with a new page. Write the titles of the chapters in block letters.

• Do not use ‘widows’, i.e. short lines ending a paragraph at the top of a page, at the end of a chapter.

• Do not leave a heading or subhead at the bottom of a page that is separate from its respective text on the following page.

• Start each chapter with a brief introduction (7–8 lines) indicating the rationale (your explanation why you are writing this chapter here), what it contains and which materials by which authors you have used for compiling it.

• Do not leave quoting any source without your commentary or explanation why you have used it. It is your paper and the readers want to know what you think about the material you quoted.

• End each chapter with the summary of the main issues considered in it.

• Present the data in the practical part visually, i.e. through diagrams, tables, charts, graphs, and give your interpretation.

3. Basic Directions for Laying Out the Text

• Use font type Times New Roman, 14 point text size.

• Use 1.5 spacing.

• Set up the margins as follows: left – 3.0 cm; right – 1.5 cm; top – 2 cm; bottom – 2 cm. Apply these margins to all pages, including those with tables and figures.

• Indent the first line of the paragraph (1.25 cm).

• Write the titles of the chapters in block letters. Do not put a full stop at the end of a chapter heading.

• Write each meaningful word in sub-chapter headings with a capital letter.

4. Formatting and Content Guidelines for Specific Sections

This list indicates the order in which to place the parts of your thesis. All sections are mandatory unless designated as optional.

Preliminary Pages:

• Title Page in English

• Title Page in Ukrainian

• List of Abbreviations (optional)

• Table of Contents

The Body of the Thesis:

• Introduction

• Text

• General Conclusions

• Résumé

References and Supplemental Section:

• Literature Cited

• List of Reference Materials

• List of Illustration Materials

• Appendix (or Appendices) (optional)

4A. Title Page

• The title page contains the information about the title and type of the work, the author, the research adviser, the university, the department and the year. See the sample title page at the end of the Writing Guidelines and edit the page accordingly.

• According to the general regulation for a master’s thesis, it is required to have a title page in Ukrainian. It should be an exact translation of the title page in English. The layout regulations are the same as on the English title page.

• Double-check your supervisor’s title and degree.

Title page format in Ukrainian	Title page format in English
доктор філологічний наук, професор ПІБ	Prof. NAME Doctor of Science (Linguistics)
кандидат філологічних наук, доцент ПІБ	Assoc. Prof. NAME PhD (Linguistics)
кандидат філологічних наук, старший викладач ПІБ	Assist. Prof. NAME PhD (Linguistics)

• These are the font types and text sizes used on the title page.

Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine	Times New Roman 18, centered
Kyiv National Linguistic University	Times New Roman 18, centered
Professor O. M. Morokhovsky Chair of English Lexicology and Stylistics	Times New Roman 16, centered
MASTER’S THESIS	Times New Roman 16, centered
TITLE	Times New Roman 18, bold, centered
STUDENT’S NAME	Times New Roman 16, bold, right-handed
Group 509	Times New Roman 16, right-handed
Department of Germanic Philology	Times New Roman 16, right-handed
Research Adviser	Times New Roman 16, right-handed
Title	Times New Roman 16, right-handed
ADVISER’S NAME	Times New Roman 16, bold, right-handed
Degree	Times New Roman 16, right-handed
Kyiv 2011	Times New Roman 16, centered