<P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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