RHET 201 Spring 2011 Writing an Abstract

What is an Abstract? A short summary of your completed research Gives the reader an overview of what the article contains If done well, it also makes the reader want to learn more about your research.

An abstract contains A statement of the research question A brief summary of the methods used to answer the question: What did you actually do to get your results? What kinds of evidence do you provide? How do you try to convince the reader of the validity of your argument or your answer to the research question? Limitations of research Results/findings/product: As a result of completing the above procedure, what did you learn, discover or demonstrate?

Requirements Requirements: One formal draft Part of research paper grade Create wordle to identify keywords Length: words Head with KEYWORDS: and make a list of up to seven Make sure not to include any unnecessary details

For example: What specific role did space aliens play in the success of the January 25 revolution in Egypt? Key Words: Egypt, January 25, Revolution, Space Aliens, Mubarak This paper explores the question of whether or not space aliens were responsible for starting the January 25 Revolution. It begins with a review of the scholarly literature in the fields of history and political science that show how previous revolutions were started by aliens. It follows with a description of some of the similarities between previous revolutions and the current one, as well as brief notation of the important differences. It follows with interviews with 147 revolutionaries randomly selected from a sample of 1000 who individually claim that they were abducted by aliens and instructed in the arts of peaceful demonstration and how to bring down a regime that has lasted 30 years. While the subjects were interviewed individually and did not know each other, this research reports striking similarities between their descriptions of their experiences and their descriptions of the aliens. Additional evidence includes my analysis and discussion of photographs, verified by photo-forensic experts,which show an alien ship landing on the roof of Mubarak’s Presidential Palace on the night of February 11, This research does note that it s results are limited by the fact that only circumstantial and testimonial evidence of the existence of space aliens exists. The final section of the paper reviews and discusses other contradictory theories of the causes of the revolution and argues for their weaknesses. The paper closes with a brief discussion of three specific implications of this argument related to the future possibilities for democracy in Egypt.

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