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13. Read about the main principles of writing an abstract for a text: An abstract / a summary / an annotation is the expression (reproduction, representation) in a condensed form of the content of any piece of scientific writing in a limited number of sentences. The student must briefly formulate the main ideas in his own words excluding and omitting the unnecessary details. Facts must become plain statements. An abstract consists of a) an introduction, i. e., data (the printed source, the author's name, the title); b) principal part; c) conclusion. Writing an abstract you must: a) Give your abstract a suitable title; b) Begin the abstract with the introductory general phrase:
c) The principle part must not exceed 5-6 plain statements generalizing the main ideas of the text in a logical sequence:
d) Conclude the abstract with your personal viewpoint (opinion, judgement, critical comments, etc.) of both the content and the language of the text, using the given phrases:
16. Write a summary to the text Hard drive.
UNIT V “INPUT/ OUTPUT DEVICES” 1. Read and translate the text:
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