Abstract of Your Paper

After you have written your paper, please add an abstract of it to your home page in the wiki. An abstract is a one-paragraph summary of the paper. In the abstract, say what the paper says, only in about 75 words. Try to avoid reverting to first person or disguised first person. The abstract should make it clear what is the thesis of the paper and what its major points and findings are.

The best metaphor for an abstract is that it is your paper, boiled down. Put your paper in a pot over medium heat and keep boiling until it is 75 words of thick syrup. That's your abstract.

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