Lecture 4: RITING THE INTRODUCTION 1. General Obiectives: What the introduction may do For academic writing, the Introduction may do any or more of the followin Give an overview of what the paper will be about Introduce the question/questions you will be answeri Give reasons for writing the paper Give reasons for answering a question/questions in a certain way Give the background to the question/questions you are answering Relate the question/questions to other similar papers Present the central thesis or finding of the paper1 Lecture 4: WRITING THE INTRODUCTION 1. General Objectives: What the introduction may do For academic writing, the Introduction may do any or more of the following: • Give an overview of what the paper will be about • Introduce the question/questions you will be answering • Give reasons for writing the paper • Give reasons for answering a question/questions in a certain way • Give the background to the question/questions you are answering • Relate the question/questions to other similar papers • Present the central thesis or finding of the paper