This document provides guidance on writing an abstract for a research paper or project. An abstract should be concise, between 50-100 words, and describe the major points of the research, including the background topic, research question or purpose, particular focus of the paper, results or findings, and overview of contents. The abstract informs the audience of all essential points and is written in past tense since it describes research that has already been completed.

3. Des. Inf.
50-100 words About 200
words
Describes
major points
of the project
to the reader
Informs the
audience of
all essential
points of the
reader

4. Des. Inf.
Topic(background) Topic(background)
Research
Question(purpose)
Research
Question(aim or
purpose of research)
Particular
Interest/Focu
s of paper
Results/Findi
ngs
Overview of
Contents
Conclusion

5. Writing an Abstract

6. Tenses in Abstract

8. Example of Informative Abstract

10. Thanks for the
Patience