STYLISTIC FEATURES OF

MONOGRAPH, ABSTRACT,
THESIS
 What does a
Monograph mean?
Look at instances!
 Writing

Single MONOGRAPH Scientific

Subject
Moreover, Monograph must
have

Title.
Abstract.
Introduction.
Methodology section.
Literature Review .
Results section.
Discussion section.
Conclusions.
 An abstract is a mini version of your paper expressed with a minimal number
of words. In most cases, places that ask for an abstract such as grant proposals,
academic journals, and conference presentations, place strict limits on the
number of words that an abstract can use. Here is a useful resource on things to
consider when writing an abstract.
SAMPLE
John R. McCarrey, Christopher Navara University of Texas at San Antonio
PriStem – A Primate Resource for Developing Stem Cell Therapies .Stem cells

What is an and Regenerative Medicine offer a novel approach to the treatment of diseases
and injuries that have otherwise been difficult to effectively treat with standard

abstract?
medical approaches. The advent of “induced pluripotent stem” cells (iPS cells)
that can be derived from adult skin cells or blood cells offers an exciting
alternative to the use of embryonic stem cells for this purpose, and the
opportunity to develop “patient-specific” stem cells genetically and
immunologically matched to each individual. Nevertheless, much research is
still needed to optimize the efficacy and safety of stem cell-based therapeutic
approaches before applying these to human patients. Nonhuman primates, such
as baboons, are the most clinically relevant yet still experimentally manipulable
animal model for studies of stem cell-based therapeutic approaches.
 The components of abstract

Research
Problem
Motivation statement
approach and
methodology

Results Conclusions
 Do you know about thesis

Clear Central Main

statement point Idea
You can write your thesis statement by
following four simple steps
Start with
a question

Write your
initial
answer
Develop your Refine your thesis
answer statement
 Example an essay
introduction
The spread of the internet has had a world-changing effect, not
least on the world of education. The use of the internet in
academic contexts and among young people more generally is
hotly debated. For many who did not grow up with this
technology, its effects seem alarming and potentially harmful.
This concern, while understandable, is misguided. The
negatives of internet use are outweighed by its many benefits
for education: the internet facilitates easier access to
information, exposure to different perspectives, and a flexible
learning environment for both students and teachers.
 Step 1. Start with a
question
Has the internet had a positive or negative impact on
education?
What impact did the invention of braille (the raised-dot
reading system used by blind and visually impaired people)
have?
 The internet has had more
of a positive than a negative
Step 2. Write
effect on education.
your initial
answer
The invention of braille
improved the lives of blind
people.
Step 3: Develop your answer

The invention of braille in

The negatives of internet
the 19th
use are outweighed by its
century transformed the
many benefits for
lives of blind people,
education because it
allowing them to
facilitates easier access to
participate more actively in
information.
public life.
Step 4: Refine your thesis statement

The negatives of internet use are outweighed by its many

benefits for education: it facilitates easier access to
information, exposure to different perspectives, and a flexible
learning environment for both students and teachers.
The invention of braille transformed the lives of blind people
in the 19th century, but its success depended on mainstream
acceptance by sighted teachers, and this process was shaped
by debates about disabled people’s place in society.
 Features of Scientific writing
The use of terms and
Logicality: information
Generalization, accuracy, Evidence and  general scientific words.
is presented
and objectivity of the persuasive arguments On average, the terms
consistently and in a
information.  (many arguments, facts). occupy about 15-20% of
clear sequence.
the text.

The use of words with an

abstract meaning (these are Most often, scientific More nouns and The complex
words that do not evoke
specific images in the mind and texts are monologue adjectives, and construction of
memory, for example, property, narratives. fewer verbs. sentences.
hate, joy, reality).

Almost not used  Scientific texts are

The strict order of
rhetorical devices The sentences are free from The correct order
 (epithets, comparisons, information
metaphors, etc.).  mostly long. emotional words of words. presentation.
and statements. 
This presentation is made by
Tatianych Liubov,
Student of Foreign Philology,
group 2zan2vMSO