At the beginning of writing a paper, it does require certain skills and preparation to attract the attention of the supervisor and achieve high scores. Many international students may find it difficult to write this opening, and even rack their brains to write something with unsatisfactory scores. However, don’t worry, today I will introduce a classic Intro structure – funnel shaped.
Simply put, the funnel shaped Intro structure starts from a relatively broad academic field and gradually narrows down to your research objectives. The following are the specific steps for this structure:
1. Research background and importance: It mainly outlines the overall direction or trend of research achievements in the field in the context of the overall situation. At the beginning, the works of predecessors or founders in the field can be cited, ensuring that the article can naturally transition to the theme to be presented later.
2. Introduce research gaps: Based on previous content, naturally point out areas or issues that have not yet been covered in this field
3. Point out the research topic of this article: This section should be in line with the research gap.
4. Briefly analyze how the topic fills the research gap: outline the core methodology and main findings of the article, propose the main research methods, and explain why it was chosen. This part of the content must be simple and clear, and should not be written too cumbersome.
Firstly, you need to present your conjecture about the previous research question and your research objectives. The research purpose can be broken down into several small points based on the specific content of the article, which can make the thinking clearer and easier to score high.
I believe anyone can write a complete introduction by understanding the Rocket structure and storing some high scoring template sentences in his mind. Remember, the introduction is the facade of a paper, and writing it well is the key to success.
