Question

Use your words to explain it. Please NO handwriting. NO copying.

Reflect on the following questions and discuss:

What is the common structure of introduction and conclusions? Provide an example of an introduction and a conclusion paragraph you have written in the past. Analyze your introduction and conclusion according to the structural suggestions stated within the Craft of Research.

Answer 1

An introduction is like a guidebook to the whole assignment. It gives background information into the topic area and outlines all the ideas that are to be presented. An introduction includes some or all of the following:

1. Establish an area to research by:

• Highlighting the importance of the topic, and/or
• Making general statements about the topic, and/or
• Presenting an overview on current research on the subject.

2. Identify a research niche by:

• Opposing an existing assumption, and/or
• Revealing a gap in existing research, and/or
• Formulating a research question or problem, and/or
• Continuing a disciplinary tradition.

3. Placing the research within the research niche by:

• Stating the intent of study,
• Outlining the key characteristics of study,
• Describing important results, and
• Giving a brief overview of the structure of the paper

On the other hand, Conclusion is the final paragraph of writing in an assignment. It must summarise (very briefly) every important idea that have been discussed in the work as well as draw conclusions based upon the evidence that have been presented. It is essential that we need to ensure that we have directly answered the question or research problem.

The structure of the conclusion is as follows_

• A Reference to the question anfd thesis statement
• Summry of the Key points that have been discussed in the research
• Final comment on the research topic