Writing introduction,

Introduction should not be just history of your are proposing to do or you have
done but also a comparison of what other people have done concerning the topic.
Introduction presents a background information about the subject so that the
readers can appreciate the findings and results. A key skill is to be able to say the
same things that have been said many times before but in a different, interesting,
intriguing way.
To actualize the above concept
 You must have thorough knowledge regarding your topic and what has
been done before
 Give the reader the tools to understand the meaning and the motivation of
what you are trying to convince them to.
 Tell your reader how you plan to develop the your topic
 Paragraph should range between 75 and 175 words
 To make a self-assessment of your Introduction, you can ask yourself the
following
 questions.
 Does my Introduction occupy too high a proportion of the entire paper and
does
 it contain too many general statements that are already widely known?
 Are the rationale and objectives defined? Is it clear what problem I am
addressing or trying to solve and why I chose my particular methodology?
 Is the background information all related to the objective of the paper?
 Is it clear what the reader can expect in the rest of the paper (i.e. main
results and
 conclusions)?
 Does my Introduction act as a clear road map for understanding my paper?
 Is it sufficiently different from the Abstract, without any cut and pastes?
(some
 overlap is fine)
 Have I mentioned only what my readers specifically need to know and
what I
 will subsequently refer to in the Discussion?
 Have I been as concise as possible?
 Have I used tenses correctly? present simple (general background context,
 description of what will be done in the paper), present perfect (past to
present
 solutions), past simple (my contribution, though this may also be expressed
 using the present simple or future simple)