CHAP 13: INTRODUCTION

13.1 HOW TO STRUCTURE THE INTRODUCTION

• AN INTRODUCTION BASICALLY ANSWERS THE

QUESTIONS:-

• WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

• ANY EXISTING SOLUTIONS?

• WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION?

• WHAT IS THE MAIN LIMITATION?

• WHAT DO I HOPE TO ACHIEVE?

• HAVE I ACHIEVED WHAT I SET?

13.2 HOW TO BEGIN THE INTRODUCTION?

• INCLUDE DEFINITION OF THE TOPIC AND BACKGROUND

• MOVE ON TO THE PROBLEM TO BE RESOLVED

• CONTINUE WITH THE AUTHOR’S OBJECTIVES

• INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE

13.3 HOW TO STRUCTURE THE REST OF THE INTRODUCTION

• SURVEY OF PERTINENT LITERATURE (REVIEW LITERATURE

IN AUTHOR’S PRECISE FIELD)

• AUTHOR’S CONTRIBUTION

• OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT WORK

• MAIN RESULTS OF THE CURRENT WORK

• FUTURE IMPLICATIONS OF THE WORK

• OUTLINE OF STRUCTURE

13.4 ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO BEGIN AN INTRODUCTION

• SET THE CONTEXT AND RESEARCH GOAL IN A SET OF

QUESTIONS

• MENTION THE GENERAL TOPIC IN THE FIRST WORD

• USE A QUESTION FORM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE

• USE A QUESTION TO HINT ON FINDINGS OF THE PAPER

• FINAL SENTENCE TO HIGHLIGHT THE ASPECTS TO BE

COVERED

13.5 TYPICAL PHRASES TO AVOID IN AN INTRODUCTION

• AVOID STOCK PHRASES (COMMON OR TYPICAL PHRASES THAT

EVERYONE USES)

• EG: RECENT ADVANCES IN…, THE LAST FEW YEARS…

13.6 INTRODUCTION VSABSTRACT

• ABSTRACT IMMEDIATELY TELLS A READER THE SPECIFIC

TOPIC OF THE PAPER AND THE AUTHOR’S GOAL.

• ABSTRACT DOES NOT PROVIDE BACKGROUND

INFORMATION

• INTRODUCTION SETS THE CONTEXT IN VERY GENERAL

TERMS

13.7 TENSES TO BE USED

• PRESENT SIMPLE – USED TO BEGIN THE INTRODUCTION –

TO DESCRIBE THE BACKGROUND CONTEXT.

• ALSO USED IN THE END OF THE INTRODUCTION

• PRESENT PERFECT – USED TO SHOW HOW PROBLEM HAS

BEEN APPROACHED FROM PAST TILL PRESENT

13.8 HOW TO OUTLINE THE STRUCTURE OF THE PAPER?

• DELETE THE UNNECESSARY SENTENCES

• USING ACTIVE VERBS RATHER THAN PASSIVE

• REMOVING OTHER REDUNDANCY

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