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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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