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academic writer: organization: introductions

Introductions
Most writers in their first academic year will only need to use one of the following options.

Simple option:
Many student will simply start with an overview of their paper (recommended).
Define the boundaries of your topic by limiting the scope of your paper.
Getting your reader's attention:
Focus attention with an interesting statement or
Start with an example relevant to your topic.
Include a quotation, and then go on to comment on it.
Start with a question or a problem (then deal with it in the main part of your paper).
More personal approaches:
Tell the reader why you became interested in the subject
Reveal your point of view at this early stage.
Short papers: (say less than 1500 words) your introduction will be just one paragraph.
A second paragraph can describe the context of your topic.
Longer research papers: you might include several of the strategies and also identify a research gap for your paper.

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