-Does the abstract set up a full paper, not just an introduction?

Please submit a draft of your abstract here by the due date of this discussion. You will then have until the end of the week to submit peer reviews.

Abstracts are supposed to be short, but full summaries of your full paper, so for this draft, please limit yourself to 6-8 sentences discussing the following:

I. Your thesis–WHAT you’ll argue and WHY it matters (1 sentence)

II. A series of steps you’ll take to prove your claim (3-5 sentences)

III. A call to action stating what you’ll suggest can be done with your findings (1-2 sentences)

Remember, abstracts should only be the essential information of your paper, so only include source information if it is a foundation to the heart of your argument.

If you would like to submit this draft as a formal outline in sentence structure, you may do so, but remember to turn it into a paragraph before you submit the final abstract assignment.

After you have submitted your abstract, please critique two peer abstract drafts. Please consider the following:

– Is it a thesis clear? Is it a question or a statement? How can you make it a statement?

– Is it a working claim (i.e. does it open up an ongoing discussion for the paper)?

– Is it more than a thesis setting up a five-paragraph essay?

– Does it set up a research paper or report? How can it be changed to be a research paper?

– What are the WHAT and WHY? If they are not clear, how can they be clearer?

– Does it give a clear lens the paper will be examining its subject through? What is it?

– How does the summary effectively expand on support for the claim?

– Does or will each section clearly connect back to the thesis?

– How can the outline be more logically organized? How do you plan to transition between points in your paper?

-Are there any potential fallacies (errors in logic)?

-Does the abstract set up a full paper, not just an introduction?

-Is there a call to action of some sort?

-Is there any unneeded information in the abstract (e.g. unnecessary source usage)?

– Anything else relevant.