Abstract

An abstract is a small section of an article used to give the reader a general sense of the content of the piece. Abstracts are used when the reader may not have time to finish more than a few sentences of text, so the abstract must be a concise, quick summary of the full article, marketing report or larger text, which the presenter usually also includes in case the reader would like to continue reading the larger piece.

Abstracts can be unique pieces written specifically for this purpose, or simply excerpts from the introduction, when appropriate.