How To Write A Compact

And Comprehensive
Introduction
 Definition
• The introduction is your opportunity to show readers and
reviewers why your research topic is worth reading about and
why your paper warrants their attention. The introduction serves
multiple purposes. It presents the background to your study,
introduces your topic and aims, and gives an overview of the paper.
 Five Types of Introduction.

• “Inquisitive” Explains why your subject is important, curious, or interesting.

• “Paradoxical” Explains what aspects of your subject seem improbable. ...
• “Corrective” Explains how your subject has been misunderstood or
misrepresented by others. ...
• “Preparatory” includes digging deeper into the client's perspective of what the
research problem is, their context, perceptions, internal conflicts, or interplays that
may emerge during the project, and so on.
• “Narrative” can be defined as collecting and analyzing the accounts people tell to
describe experiences and offer an interpretation. 
 Format of an Idealized Introduction
• General Idea of the area of the study
• Specific idea of the area of the study
• Gap in research
• Research question/hypothesis
• Aim of research /justification
• Thesis statement
• Outline
 Key Goals of the Introduction
• It presents your topic and get the reader interested
• It provides background or summarizes existing research
• It positions your own approach
• It gives details about your specific research problem
• It gives an overview of the paper’s structure
 Difference between an Abstract and
Introduction
• An abstract is a brief summary of entire study as the aim, objectives,
methods, results and conclusions.
• In contrast, the introduction includes only some elements as context of
study or background of the study, research questions, gaps, aim but it
excludes results/findings and conclusion