Report Requirements
Reports
● Remember 怎么写report present information on a
topic to the reader
● A report must be unbiased, i.e. has not opinion
● The topic should be interesting to both you
and the reader● 3-4 pages
● Title Page
● 2 Sources
● In-text citations
● Reference Page
● Same formatting as before
Points Breakdown
● Topic 05
● Evaluation of Sources 10
● 1st Draft 05
● Peer Review 10
● Writing Center Visit 05
● 2nd Draft 40
● Final Draft 70
● Total 150Report Qualities
● Reports are different than other papers.
● You are just reporting facts, you are not
proving a point or making an argument
● You should only use 3rd person (it, he, she)
● Passive sentences are very useful in reports.
If you find you want to use 'I' or 'you', try
making the sentence passive
● You will still have an introduction, a thesis, a
conclusion, body paragraphs, and topic
sentences.
● You will use transitions between paragraphsReport Structure
● There are three common ways to organize a
report
● They depend on what you are reporting on:
– Unfamiliar Information
– An event
– Comparing and contrasting two things, ideas,
placesStyle 1
Reporting on an Unfamiliar Topic
● Begin with a hook (anecdote, quote, etc.)
● Provide Background Information & Thesis
● Describe your topic and define any key terms
● Explain by:
– Comparing
– Classifying
– Analyzing Causes or effects
– Explaining Processes
● Conclude by restating thesis and referring to
hookStyle 2
Reporting on an Event
● Introduce topic, Provide Background
Information & Thesis
● Narrate the first event
● Narrate the second event
● Narrate the third event
● Repeat as Necessary
● Conclude: tell what happened, state any
implicationsStyle 3
Reports that Compare and Contrast
● Introduce topic, Provide Background
Information & Thesis
● Describe Item 1
● Describe Item 2
● Compare/contrast items (repeat 2, 3, 4 as
needed)
● Conclude by restating thesisFormatting
● The number of paragraphs vary in reports
● Remember that each paragraph should
contain only related elements
● You will have an introduction and conclusion
● You will want to use transition expressions and
sentences since this does not follow the usual
essay format
● Try to organize the paper logically
– Put related topics near each other in the reportIntroductions
● State your thesis
● Start with something that will provoke reader's
interests
● Being with an illustrative example |
