There is a famous saying "First impression is the best impression". If you want to impress your professor it is important that your term paper has a strong introduction. Some elements that you can include in your college paper introductions are:

Attention step

The beginning of your paper should be such that readers would want to continue. Keep this section short. Some creative steps to start your paper are a meaningful quote, A humorous but relevant joke, a shocking statistic, brief discussion on current event etc.

Thesis statement

Students find it difficult to write a thesis statement, but this skill is important to master. If thesis statement is well written, anyone can understand the paper easily. Thesis statement should be short.

Statement of Relevancy

Try to justify why this paper is important. Try to relate the topic with current issues.

Essential Background Information

Introduction should be short. The paper should be written in such a way that you can explain any basic information that is necessary to understand the rest of the paper.

Introductions In Conclusion

Introduction is one of the important sections of the paper. Always write a solid introduction that contains all four of these elements.