2. Report and Essay writing

Question 1

What are the most important factors of writing a report/essay ?

Answer 1

To make sure your intentions are clear;
That you use an appropriate structure and
that the meanings a reader takes from your report match your intentions.

Question 2

List the forms of writing?

Answer 2

These structures organise the information;
Descriptive - What is someone or something like?
Comparative - How are things different from each other?
Chronology - What happened in order of dates?
Cause-Effect - Why did it happen, what were the consequences?

These structures show the function of the writing;
Summary - What does the writer say? What is the idea about? What is the most important parts?
Analysis - Going deeper, what is this all about?

Question 3

What is the 5 step process, and who designed it?

Answer 3

Grellier and Goerke (2006)
Planning
Drafting
Editing
Proofing
Make final copy

Question 4

What is a report made up of?

Answer 4

Title Page
Executive summary
Table of Content
Introduction
The body
Conclusion and/or recommendations
References 
Appendices

Question 5

What are the assignment types at university?

Answer 5

Essay - Where you present an argument
Report - Where you investigate a situation with facts and make recommendations
Book / Article review - Summarise main content of an article, make evaluation of the content.
Literature review - Collect, summarise and evaluate a range of texts around a particular topic.

Question 6

How is an essay structured ?`

Answer 6

Introduction
Body
Conclusion
References

Question 7

Explain information prominent and author prominent citations.

Answer 7

Smith (2006) explains that ….. - this is used when the focus is more on the ideas or thoughts of the author.

example …… (smith, 2006) - this is used when the focus is more on the information itself.