style manual
Grammar and formatting guide
A style manual is a reference guide that establishes standards for writing and formatting within a particular organization, publication, or field.
Style manuals address matters like punctuation, capitalization, citation formats, and word usage to ensure consistency across documents.
Well-known examples include the Chicago Manual of Style for general publishing and the AP Stylebook for journalism.
The editor consulted the style manual before changing the author's spelling of traveled.
Major news syndicate
- ChicagoMajor Illinois metropolis
- MLAHumanities citation system
- APAPsychology organization's format
- Strunk and WhiteWriting manual authors
editorial · typesetting · copyediting · proofreading · manuscript · galley · submission · layout
Compact reference guide
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- rulebookCompiled official guidelines
- guideLeader or instruction book
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
standards · specifications · conventions · protocols · best practices · recommendations · instructions · directives
State of being identical
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- conformityAdherence to norms
- adherenceFaithful following of something
regularity · alignment · harmony · systematization · correspondence · homogeneity · continuity · accordance
AP
Major news syndicate
Strunk and White · editorial · typesetting · copyediting · proofreading · manuscript · galley · submission · layout · fonts
handbook
Compact reference guide
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- rulebookCompiled official guidelines
- guideLeader or instruction book
documentation · standards · specifications · conventions · protocols · best practices · recommendations · instructions · directives · requirements
uniformity
State of being identical
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- conformityAdherence to norms
adherence · regularity · alignment · harmony · systematization · correspondence · homogeneity · continuity · accordance
- guidesguide, research guide, guidebook, tour guide, hiking guide
- writing guideswriting guide, grammar guide, grammar handbook, Strunk and White, usage guide
- fashion mediafashion magazines, fashion blog, Vogue, fashion journalism, Elle
- language policylanguage laws, language politics, official language, official languages, language education
style manualdictionary
Alphabetical word reference
thesaurus · lexicon · slang dictionary · dialect atlas · corpus
style manualfree writing
Uncensored, continuous prose generation
stream of consciousness · automatic writing · improvisation · spontaneous expression · artistic freedom
style, stylish, manual, styling, styles, styled, stylistic, stylings, stylishness