An abstract is a concise synopsis or summary of your paper and project. It should include an introduction, body, and conclusion. Abstracts emphasize key parts of your study and show why your work is important: what your goal was, how you approached your project, what you discovered, and what you concluded. The abstract is also a good place to mention any limitations of your research. Abstracts are useful for several reasons. First, they allow readers to see what kind of work has been done on a topic before they decide whether or not to read the full article. If the abstract does not give enough information for them to make an informed decision, they can always contact you if they have further questions after reading the full article. Second, abstracts are required for many scientific journals and are often used as bait to get people to read the full article. This means that publishing an abstract is usually enough to get someone interested in your work, even if it isn't necessarily professional enough to be published alone. There are two types of abstracts: high-light and full-paper. A high-light abstract includes only those elements deemed essential by the editor to explain the main ideas of the study within a limited number of words. These articles are easier to write because they tend to use more simple language and fewer academic terms. Full papers, on the other hand, provide more detail about a subject.