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Name: First Impressions: Writing a Good Abstract
ID: m15924
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module first explains how to evaluate the content of an abstract and then gives an annotated example of a published abstract. Author: Dr. Janice Hewitt
Subject: Arts
Keywords: Communication, Dissertation, Writing
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication (driskila@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication (driskila@rice.edu)
Maintainers: The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication (driskila@rice.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Mar 26, 2008 8:44 am GMT-5
Revised: May 2, 2008 9:53 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 May 2, 2008 9:53 am GMT-5 by The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication
Changes: 
Point 5. of the discussion reads "Verbs choice" when it should read "verb choice." V is changed also in italics
Version: 1.1 Mar 28, 2008 1:12 pm GMT-5 by The Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication
Changes: 
Initial version

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