How to Write an Abstract

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What is an abstract?

An abstract is a descriptive, self-contained, short summary of a larger work. It differs from an introduction as it is more concise. It provides a brief overview of the longer work that the person is about to read and informs them of all the key information they should know going into it.

An abstract is purely descriptive, making no analytical points or judgements. It should detail the aims and outcomes of the work that it precedes, but it should provide any statistics or other specific results as the reader will discover those by reading the longer work

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¨ An abstract is often written for a research article, university thesis, conference proceeding, review, or other in-depth professional or analytical work.?

¨ You always place the abstract at the beginning of a manuscript, even though you write it last.?

The Steps to Writing an Abstract.

Step 1: Always Write it Last.

The abstract may appear at the beginning of your manuscript, but it is best always to write it last. This is because you can take all the information you need from the main body of the work to construct the abstract.

Step 2: Set yourself a word count.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?@assignmenthelp62

An abstract is brief because it introduces the work without saying too much about it. Setting yourself a word count for your abstract will prevent you from writing too much and force you to be concise. An abstract is usually only 150-300 words long and very condensed. If you are writing for an institution, like a university or a company, you will likely be given a word count anyway.

Step 3: Start by introducing the topic.

You should make a statement at the very start of the abstract to introduce the topic of the work to the reader. Ensure it links closely to the work's title but doesn't plagiarize your introduction section.

Step 4: Cover the aims.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?@assignmenthelp62

You should then move on to describe the aims of your writing was working towards and how you went about achieving these aims. State any methods or major research and remember to describe, not discuss, for an abstract.

Step 5: cover the significant outcomes.

Remember, you are writing the abstract with hindsight of the whole project and then placing it at the beginning of your manuscript. Therefore, you should describe the major outcomes of your research after covering the aims and methods.

Step 6: Briefly mention the conclusion reached.

Finally, mention your work's conclusion to give the reader a complete, condensed overview of what they are about to read. Again, make sure that you don't plagiarize your conclusion when ending your abstract and instead briefly transition into what the conclusion will be talking about.?

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