help needed please.?

Question

everytime i ask anyone what an abstract, conclusion, introduction are they say the same thing for each " the main points of the project. the important info" so what is the different between those three things, because they all sound the same thing to me and i dont know how to write a different paragraph for each. can any one help me please. thanx

Answer 1

They may all be similar. They are written from 3 different points of view:

An abstract is a free-standing article about your paper/project. A person might read your abstract in order to decide whether to download/read the whole paper/project.

An introduction is at the beginning of the paper. The person has not read your paper yet, although they may have read the abstract. You can tell them more about your paper, or why they should keep reading. Is there anything you want to tell them beforehand that isn't spelled out in the paper?

The conclusion is at the end of the paper. The reader has read the paper, but may be wondering what it all meant. This is a chance for you to present your conclusions, obvious or otherwise.

Answer 2

The definition of all three varies depending on the field where you work (i.e. science versus arts). I think of it like this:
An introduction is where you introduce the reader to your topic, give some brief background so that they can follow your topic with ease. You tell the reader (in few sentences) why you are writing the essay and what you hope to achieve with it. All is short and sweet.
Abstract is the short summary of the whole story,that is the introduction (the background), the body of the text (where you say why, how and the outcome), what are the most important points of your essay and the message to take home. When writing an abstract in science one usually uses subheadings: Background, Methods/materials, Results and Conclusion. Abstracts are anywhere between 50-250 words.
Conclusion is a summary of the main points that you have presented to the reader -it is something that you want to reiterate or ensure that they understand how important is this message. You start your conclusion with the most important message first and work your way down to those less important. You finish the conclusion with a sentence feels to you as the closing statement.
Hope this helps

Answer 3

An abstract comes at the beginning of the paper, but should be written last. If someone who never saw your experiment looked at your abstract, they should be able to learn what your experiment was on , what your hypothesis was and what you discovered. It's basically a short explanation of the experiment. An introduction should contain background information on your topic. For example, if you were doing a paper on Mendellian genetics, perhaps some background information on Mendel would be useful. If your paper was on heat loving bacteria, maybe you could include some information on deep sea thermal vents. It's basically to give the reader a little information about the specific subject so their minds can better accept the rest of the experiment. The introduction should also have your hypothesis as well as a brief description of the experiment itself and the results.
Okay! the conclusion obviously should restate the hypothesis, whether the results support or fail to support that hypothesis. What kind of errors might have been made might also be necessary to add here. Another thing to add to the conclusion might also be a couple of reasons why your experiment was necessary and how you can tie it into a real life situation. For example: if your experiment was on how temperature affects enzyme activity, you may find a source on how enzymes are essential to all living things and how studying enzymes would lead to break throughs in the medical field. Okay that's all I got. Good luck! GPM

Answer 4

I take it as you need to know this information because you are writing a paper of some sort. So, to keep it simple: an introduction is just that, create an opening line stating what your paper is about (and if needed, where you stand on the subject) with a BRIEF summary of how you plan to "prove" or explain this topic (kind of like a thesis). As for the conclusion, this would be the last paragraph of your paper summarizing the body of information you wrote - which should explain how/why you came to your conclusion.

As for abstract - I am not sure. I would need more info on your assignment to help you with that. But maybe try doing a search on ask.com and see what comes up.

Answer 5

The abstract should summarize the content of the paper including the problem you are addressing, your main points and conclusion. The conclusion is based on the body of the paper. I don't know what your topic is but here is an example. Let's say you are researching a problem of how pesticide levels influence birth defects. Then your introduction would tell about this problem and your approach. The body would elaborate on this. The conclusion would have your findings. I generally write my abstract last as it is more of a summary of the content of the paper.

Answer 6

Intro- An opening paragraph explaining what you are writing for, and what you are trying to find. What you're going to tell the reader basically.

Conclusion- A reiteration of the introduction. You tell them again what you just wrote in a nutshell.

Abstract- A combination of both, it comes before the entire essay. It's usually a paragraph long, and tells the entire essay without having to read it. Consider it a spoiler.

Answer 7

Ok, here it goes
I believe abstract is normally a summation used in scientific texts, a conclusion goes sth like because of these things Ive written above sth sth sth while an introduction is maybe 2 or 3 senteces about a text to summerise what will be read, sometimes in books they give information of previous happenings....in the year 2111 the sth sth was foundet.
I hope this helps.
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