A Guide to Doing Abstracts or a Research Paper Proposal  Dr.
Burgess  Everyone has an idea about how to do an abstract or a
proposal.  It is probably best to keep it simple, unless told to
do otherwise.  Abstracts are one-to-two page summaries of a
longer research project.  They may serve as a proposal for a
project to be undertaken or as a summary of a completed project.
Because they are short, they need to be clear and concise . 
Your style needs to be simple, declarative sentences.  Avoid
flowery language, hyperbole, or other errors of style which
would inhibit accurate language.  Do not include a long
introductory paragraph, "thesis paragaph" or some other lengthy
introduction.  Save that for your paper.  The First Paragraph:
Indicate clearly, in a few sentences what the longer project
will be/is about.  (Ex. "The subject of this paper is the
Aristotelian notion of megale harmatia  in the Oedipus Tyrannos
of Sophocles, and whether or not Oedipus exhibits hubris in the
traditional understanding of that te