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Writing Your Introduction

Writing Your Introduction. What Does Your Reader Expect?. Answers to the following questions: What exactly is the work? Why is the work important? What is needed to understand the work? How will the work be presented?. What Exactly is the Work?. What is this about?

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Writing Your Introduction

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  1. Writing Your Introduction

  2. What Does Your Reader Expect? • Answers to the following questions: • What exactly is the work? • Why is the work important? • What is needed to understand the work? • How will the work be presented?

  3. What Exactly is the Work? • What is this about? • Scope and limitations • How broad/specific is the work? • Limitations are assumptions made the limit the scope’s boundaries • e.g. “We restrict this analysis to the Atlantic basin, since a global study would be time intensive” • Be sure to justify your limitations – don’t leave your reader wondering why

  4. Establish the relevance of the work

  5. What is the Importance? • Why should the reader care? • A scientific document is not like the National Enquirer • Funding agencies • Arouse the reader’s curiosity • Cool facts, anecdote

  6. This paper studies the social skills of llamas. The importance of understanding llama social skills is widely known and critical for the human race. Llamas have been observed to spit, bite, harass, and stomp on unsuspecting humans in a fit of rage; even to the point of killing 3 people last year. Thus, it is prudent to study llama social behavior so that humans can avoid the negative experiences in the future.

  7. What is needed to understand the work? • How about a LITERATURE REVIEW! • Summarizes past work • Puts the current work in context • Justifies the reason for doing the work • Audience awareness • Be selective in choosing sources • space limitations; excitement limitations • Not all understanding has to be in the introduction

  8. How will the work be presented? • Readers want to know what to expect • Once you tell them, don’t deviate!

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