In an essay, article, or book, an introduction is a beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following writing. This generally followed by the body and conclusion, and may be preceded by an abstract.

The introduction describes the scope of the document. It gives the brief explanation or summary of the document. The readers can have an idea about the following text before they actually start reading it.

Keeping the concept of introduction same, different documents have different style to introduce the written text. For example, when you introduce a Functional Specification, the introduction consists of information what the whole document has to explain. If a Userguide is written, the introduction is about the product. If you go for a report, the introduction will tell you a summary about the report contents.

See also

• Dramatic structure

External links

• Advice article on writing introductions

formal sections

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