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1.1 Writing An Introduction
1.1 Writing An Introduction
INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH INTRODUCTION:
DEFINITION
The introduction leads the reader from a general subject area to a
particular topic of inquiry. It establishes the scope, context, and
significance of the research being conducted by summarizing current
understanding and background information about the topic, stating the
purpose of the work in the form of the research problem supported by a
hypothesis or a set of questions, explaining briefly the methodological
approach used to examine the research problem, highlighting the potential
outcomes your study can reveal, and outlining the remaining structure and
organization of the paper.
https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/introduction
RESEARCH INTRODUCTION:
MAIN PURPOSE
To provide the reader with necessary background or context for a research
problem.
• The second paragraph may include the importance of the problem and
unclear issues (what is un-known)
https://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/assignment-types/writing-an-
essay/writing-the-introduction
WHAT GOES IN YOUR INTRODUCTION?
It introduces the problem and motivation for the study.
https://thesistips.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/how-to-write-your-introduction-
abstract-and-summary/
INTRODUCTION AS MENTAL ROAD
MAP: GUIDE QUESTIONS
• What was I studying?
• What did we know about this topic before I did this study?
https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/introduction
INTRODUCTION
• It is not a literature review. It should be a summary of existing
evidence that motivates your specific, proposed work.
3. It is the main idea not the title. It must be a complete sentence that
explains in some detail what you expect to write about.
6. It has one main point rather than several main points. More than
one point may be difficult for the reader to understand and for the
writer to support.
THESIS STATEMENT
Your answer to the problem
MAIN POINTS
Overview of
argument
CONNECTION
Tie your Attention Getter’s image to your
Thesis point by describing what the actual
situation from the prompt is
THESIS
Provide a statement
of what your
argument
is
1 https://www.monash.edu/rlo/assignment-samples/assignment-types/
writing-an-essay/writing-the-introduction
2 https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/abstract
3 https://thesistips.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/how-to-write-your-
introduction-abstract-and-summary/
4 http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsen/ResearchMethods /RM_3_
02.html