The Chronicle of Higher Education

On the Dissertation: How to Write the Introduction

What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...
unr.edu

Drafting an effective introduction

A key function of any introduction is to present your argument in such a way that your audience can enter the conversation and properly engage with your paper. Key questions to think about as you ...
The Scientist

How to Write a Good Introduction Section

First impressions are important. Scientists need to make their work stand out among a sea of others. However, many mistakenly believe that first impressions are formed based only on titles and ...
Daily Sabah

Writing as a way of being: Reading of Ural’s ‘Introduction to Writing’

A. Ali Ural’s 'Introduction to Writing' presents writing as more than technique, framing it as an ethical and creative act ...
BBC

Introduction on how to write an introduction

An introduction is the opening paragraph of an essay. It should briefly introduce the topic and outline your key ideas to answer the question. These ideas are then explored in more detail in the rest ...