What the introduction may do
- Give an overview of what the piece will be about.
- Present the central idea of the assignment.
- Give reason for writing this piece.
- Explain how the title will be interpreted.
- Give reason for answering a question in a particular way.
- Make a bold statement that the rest of the essay will fill out and justify.
- Convey the writer's own relationship both to the material of the assignment and to the reader, and a sense of their own voice in the assignment.
- Present a concrete example or story which the piece will explain or elaborate upon.
- Relate the assignment to other work in the same field.
- Quote from somewhere else in order to interest the reader and give a feel for what the whole essay is about.
- Give the background of the main topic of the essay; the history and/or the context.
- Introduce the questions the essay will be dressing.
Activity Seventeen: Investigating introduction
look at the introduction to two articles in your subject area. Where does each introduction end? What work is it doing? Which of the functions in the above list apply to them?
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