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== Introduction
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In an essay, article, or book, an introduction (also known as a prolegomenon)
is a beginning section which states the purpose and goals of the following
writing. This is generally followed by the body and conclusion.
The introduction typically describes the scope of the document and gives
the brief explanation or summary of the document. It may also explain certain
elements that are important to the essay if explanations are not part of
the main text. The readers can have an idea about the following text before
they actually start reading it.
ln technical writing, the introduction typically includes one or more standard
subsections: abstract or summary, preface, acknowledgments, and foreword.
Alternatively, the section labeled introduction itself may be a brief
section found side-by-side with abstract, foreword, etc. (rather than
containing them). In this case the set of sections that come before the
body of the book are known as the front matter. When the book is divided
into numbered chapters, by convention the introduction and any other
front-matter sections are unnumbered and precede chapter 1.
Keeping the concept of the introduction the same, different documents
have different styles to introduce the written text. For example,
the introduction of a Functional Specification consists of information
that the whole document is yet to explain. If a Userguide is written,
the introduction is about the product. In a report, the introduction gives
a summary about the report contents.
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