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Unit
7 Abstract

Warming-up
What are they and their uses? OBJECTIVE

Look at the two pictures below and discuss the questions that follow with
the class.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Students are able to
also called Harry Potter and the identify the structure
Sorcerer’s Stone, the first novel in the of a research proposal
immensely popular Harry Potter series by abstract and write it.
British writer J.K. Rowling. It was first
published in Britain in 1997 and
appeared in the United States the

following year under the title Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The
book’s imaginative story line about a boy
wizard made it an enduring hit with both
children and adults.

1. What are the pictures?
2. Where do you possibly find
them?
3. Mention the function(s) of
each picture above.
4. Do they have similar
function(s)? Do they have any
difference?
5. How is the language (formality,
structure, diction, etc.) used in each picture?

Research Proposal Abstract

The Elements of a Research Proposal

abstract

Read the following abstract for a research proposal. Choose one of the following to label
each element of the abstract.

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