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How To Make An Abstract

This document provides guidelines for writing an abstract, including what an abstract is, who writes them, their purpose, typical structure, and key components to include. An abstract summarizes the major aspects of a research project in 150-250 words, stating the purpose, methods, and findings. It is written by the author and serves to help readers decide if the full text is relevant and to allow the research to be indexed in databases. Effective abstracts include the reason for writing, problem or scope, methodology, results, and implications. The type of abstract may vary slightly depending on the discipline but all include mandatory components about what was done, how, what was found, and what was concluded.

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How To Make An Abstract

This document provides guidelines for writing an abstract, including what an abstract is, who writes them, their purpose, typical structure, and key components to include. An abstract summarizes the major aspects of a research project in 150-250 words, stating the purpose, methods, and findings. It is written by the author and serves to help readers decide if the full text is relevant and to allow the research to be indexed in databases. Effective abstracts include the reason for writing, problem or scope, methodology, results, and implications. The type of abstract may vary slightly depending on the discipline but all include mandatory components about what was done, how, what was found, and what was concluded.

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Portugal, Ruffa Mae DV.

12 Humss-A

ABSTRACT – How to write, why write and when to write & Format ;

 WHAT IS AN ABSTRACT?
 An abstract is very concise statement of the major elements of your research project. Its
state purpose, methods and findings of your research paper
 It does not contain vague statements which force the readers to refer to the main text.
 A short, self-contained, powerful summary of an article, paper or thesis.
 Length: between 150 and 250 words.
 Layout: usually one single paragraph; font size is different from the main text;
 Position: usually at the beginning of the paper (but it can appear elsewhere, e.g. in book
abstract or on-line)
 WHO WRITES IT?
 Usually the author of the paper, because they have a first hand knowledge their piece of
research.
 Sometimes professionalas writer, who abstract books and articles for a wide audience.
 FOR WHAT PURPOSES?
 To persuade the reader to see the full text
 To help readers decide if the article is relevant for their purposes
 To answer a call of paper in a conference
 To make it possible for your piece of research to appear in online publication data bases
(indexing)
 WHO READS IT?
 Same-field professionals ( linguists, psychologist, biologist) looking for further
information
 Teachers having to evaluate future specialists’ achievement
 Student charting research in a given area
 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ABSTRACT:
 Abstracts are genre-sensitive components vary according to discipline
 An abstract of Social Science or Scientific work may contain the scope, purpose, results
and content of the work.
 An abstract of Humanities work may contain the thesis, background and conclusion of
the larger work. An abstract is not a review, nor does it evaluate the work being
abstracted
ABSTRACTS are usually devided into two main categories :

 DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT
 What the text is about
 The issues or problems explored
 The porpuse and methodology of the research
 INFORMATIVE ABSTRACT
 What the text is about
 Emphasis is place don the Problem and method;
 They may be required for conference paper proposals or for progress reports;
 Informative abstract are written after a project has been completed;
 Emphasis is placed on the result and conclusion of the project.
 The work of your abstract will depend on the work being abstracted
 An abstract of a scientific paper will contain elements not found in an abstract of a
literature article, and vice versa;
 However, all abstracts share several mandatory components.

WHAT TO INCLUDE?

 Reason For writing:


What is the importance of the research why would a reader be interested in the
larger work?
 Problem:
- What problem does his work attempt to solve? What is the scope of the project?
What is the main argument/thesis/claim?
 Methodology:
- An abstract of a scientific work may include specific models or
approaches used in the larger study. Other abstracts may describe the types of
evidence used in the research (e.g.qualitative interviews, books reviews, etc.)
 Results:
- Again, an abstract of a scientific work may include specific data that indicates the
results of the project. Other abstracts may discuss the findings in a more general
way.
 Implications:
- What changes should be implemented as result of the findings of the work? How
does a result of the findings of the work? How does this work add to the body
knowledge on the
topic?
 To make it simple:
 What the author did
 How the author did it
 What the author found
 What the author concluded

Submitted to:
Mrs. Beatriz Villasis
EAPP Teacher

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