monograph
Single-subject study
A monograph is a detailed scholarly work on a single, narrowly defined subject.
Unlike textbooks or general surveys, monographs represent original research and are typically written by specialists for specialists: Her monograph on medieval water mills became the definitive work in the field.
Academic presses publish monographs; academics build careers on them.
Formal scholarly composition
- tomeSubstantial scholarly volume
- volumeAmount of space filled
- bookBound written work
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
text · edition · hardcover · paperback · print · imprint · publishing · release
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- analysisMethodical study of parts
examination · inquiry · exploration · survey · review · assessment · methodology · findings
Short argumentative prose work
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- abstractCondensed version of text
- introductionPreliminary section or presentation
conclusion · chapter · section · exposition · discourse · commentary · narrative · profile
Matter under discussion
- topicSubject of discussion
- focusConcentrated attention point
- nicheRecessed wall space
- narrowOf small width
specific · particular · definitive · authoritative · exhaustive · comprehensive · in-depth · thorough
treatise
Formal scholarly composition
manuscript · text · edition · hardcover · paperback · print · imprint · publishing · release · foreword
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
analysis · examination · inquiry · exploration · survey · review · assessment · methodology · findings · data
essay
Short argumentative prose work
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- abstractCondensed version of text
introduction · conclusion · chapter · section · exposition · discourse · commentary · narrative · profile · biography
subject
Matter under discussion
narrow · specific · particular · definitive · authoritative · exhaustive · comprehensive · in-depth · thorough · meticulous
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, book, paperback
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- written worksessay, novel, anthologies, history books, letter
- History Bookstextbook, biography, memoir, chronicle, anthology
- library materialsbooks, magazines, newspapers, journals, periodicals
monographencyclopedia
Comprehensive subject-matter collection
encyclopaedia · compendium · omnibus · anthology · collected works
monographoverview
Broad general summary
survey · primer · introduction · popularization · digest