Chapter 16 Introductions and conclusions

1. 指導教授：郭育仁 教授 報告人：蘇俊旭 孔博仁 組員：沈宗穎 曾暇茵 黃詠芯 Chapter 16Introductions and conclusions

2. Foreword • A good introduction encourages readers to read your report with interest and prepares them to understand it better. • A good conclusion leaves them with a clear statement of your point and renewed appreciation of its significance. • Grab readers’ attention with something snappy or cute.

3. The common structure of introductions

4. Step 1: Establish common ground

5. The function of common ground • It can describe a misunderstanding. • It can survey flawed research. • It can point to a misunderstanding about the problem itself.

6. Draft your introduction • Imagine you are writing for someone who does not know what specifically happened in your class. • Add more information only if you need to locate the problem in a wider context.

7. Step 2: State your problem

9. Should You Spell Out Consequences and Benefits?

10. Testing Conditions and Answering So What? • You have to “sell” your readers the significance of your research. • You have to convince readers of the cost of going on not knowing. • Maybe they are the wrong audience

11. Step 3: State your response

12. Setting the right pace for your introduction Context Problem Response

13. Writing your conclusion

14. Finding your first few words • Don’t start with a dictionary entry • Don’t start grandly • Don’t repeat the language of your assignment

15. Three standard choices for your first sentence or two