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Basic idea of the abstract:
If you were only allowed about 5 sentences to
summarize what your paper tells us and why itsworth reading, how would you use them?
Abstracts for scientific papers are often longer than this,but its the same idea
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Do we know what the subject of this paper is?
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Do we know what the subject of this paper is?
Do we know what the paper tells us about
this subject?
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Background
Problem
Causes Solutions
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Background
Problem
Causes Solutions
Also, in your case, an audience!
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Background
Problem
Causes Solutions
What will each of these consist
of for your case study?
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After you have written the first draft of yourabstract, do the reverse paramedic exercise
on it
Avoid is, are, etc
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After you have written the first draft of yourabstract, do the reverse paramedic exercise
on it
Avoid is, are, etc
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Do we know what this paper tells us aboutthe subject?
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Background?
Problem?
Causes?
Solutions?
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1. FIGURES
Pictures; diagrams/schematics;
graphs/charts
2. TABLES
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Data (words and/or numbers)
arranged in rows and columns
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Why
Illustrate/highlight specific points
How
Incorporate illustrations in a way that is natural to
reports content/context
Fully explain illustrations in text using referencessuch as Fig. 1 shows
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1) Leave space between illustration andparagraph.
2) Figure: Number and caption go below. Table:
Number and title go above.3) Must be labeled in numerical order. First figure
will be Figure 1 and first table will be Table 1.4) Must be properly placed within or following
the paragraph it was first introduced.5) Must reference the source you are taking the
illustration from.
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1. Figure 6-1 indicates that agricultural irrigation uses 46% of
the total recycled water, 21% on landscape irrigation, and
14% on groundwater recharge.2. Agricultural irrigation uses 46% of the total recycled water
while 21% is used for landscape irrigation, and 14% on
groundwater recharge (Figure 6-1).
3. 46% of the recycled water is used for agricultural irrigation
while landscape irrigation uses 21% and groundwater
recharge uses 14% , as shown in Figure 6-1.
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Definition of an illustration
Why illustrations are important in written text
5 Rules for incorporating illustrations1. Leave space between illustration and paragraph
2. Below =figures;Above = tables
3. Numerical order4. Place within/after paragraph it is first introduced
5. Reference source
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