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Jaycee Hower
South Piedmont Community College

Abstract
A summary of your paper that introduces your reader to the topic you are about to discuss and its’ main points (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p562). There are 3 different types of major abstracts, there are Information Abstract, Descriptive Abstract & Proposal Abstract. Informative Abstracts state in one paragraph the essence of a whole paper about a study or a research project. That one paragraph must mention all the main points of parts of the paper: a description of the study or project, its methods, the results, and the conclusions. (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p150). Description Abstracts are usually much briefer then informative abstracts and provide much less information. Rather than summarizing the entire paper, a descriptive abstract functions more as a teaser, proving a quick overview that invites the reader to read the whole. And last but not least Proposal Abstracts contain the same basic information as informative abstracts, but their purpose is very different. You prepare proposal abstracts to persuade someone to let you write on a topic, pursue a project, conduct an experiment, or present a paper at a scholarly conference.

SPCC Library- Http://www.spcc.edu/student/resources/libraries/
Course Textbook – (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg, 2013.) THE NORTON FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING WITH READINGS AND HANDBOOK
I See Fire- Shereen, E. (2013). I see fire [Recorded by E. Shereen]. The Hobbit [ST].
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Family Member- (R. Hower, Personal Communication, September 2,