The Abstract, sometimes called a summary, is a succinct synopsis of the report or thesis usually consisting of less than 300 words. It is the rst part of the report or thesis that the reader will read. Conversely, it is the last part of the report or thesis to be written because the Abstract is based on the content of the entire report or thesis (see Chapter 12-Strategies for writing a good report or thesis). The abstract contains only key information found in the report or thesis. In some conferences, only an extended abstract (a longer version of the abstract) is published. In essence, an abstract is a miniarticle (Gillaerts & de Velde, 2010).