Writing a good introduction

Today I had Context studies, in which we discussed what makes a successful introduction to a dissertation.
To do this we got into our groups and had to look at past successful dissertation intros and decided and dissect what we thought the successful aspects where.

The aspects to a good introduction are:

• Intro is the place for definitions
• No vague statments
• Be clear on what I intend to explore within my dissertation
• Outline each chapter giving a brief idea of its content
• Include primary research such as gallery visits etc
• Talk about my practice
• My personnel view
• Italics can be used to define a word and emphasis its importance
• Images can be used to explain my question but it is not there as decoration
• Bold opening statements work well to catch readers attention
• Discuss the past, present and future
• Quotes can be used

For our homework we have to start to write the introductions to our dissertation, writing at least 200 words. I am going to use the above aspects to help me structure and write hopefully a successful start to my dissertation.