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    Whereas An Essay Presents Arguments and Reasoning, A Report Concentrates On Facts

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    The document provides guidance on writing a report. It explains that a report focuses on facts rather than arguments. It lists the typical sections of a report which include a description of events, interpretation of significance, evaluation of facts, discussion of outcomes, and recommendations. It advises to carefully consider the intended audience and purpose of the report. All research and writing should be focused on the assigned brief. The main body should be structured around themes with numbered headings. Conclusions and recommendations should infer outcomes from the information and suggest improvements.

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    The document provides guidance on writing a report. It explains that a report focuses on facts rather than arguments. It lists the typical sections of a report which include a description of events, interpretation of significance, evaluation of facts, discussion of outcomes, and recommendations. It advises to carefully consider the intended audience and purpose of the report. All research and writing should be focused on the assigned brief. The main body should be structured around themes with numbered headings. Conclusions and recommendations should infer outcomes from the information and suggest improvements.

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    Whereas an essay presents arguments and reasoning, a report concentrates

    on facts.
     A description of a sequence of events or a situation;
     Some interpretation of the significance of these events or situation, whether solely your own
    analysis or informed by the views of others, always carefully referenced of course
     An evaluation of the facts or the results of your research;
     Discussion of the likely outcomes of future courses of action;
     Your recommendations as to a course of action; and
     Conclusions

    Step 1: Know your brief

    You will usually receive a clear brief for a report, including what you are studying and for whom the
    report should be prepared.

    First of all, consider your brief very carefully and make sure that you are clear who the report is for (if
    you're a student then not just your tutor, but who it is supposed to be written for), and why you are
    writing it, as well as what you want the reader to do at the end of reading: make a decision or agree a
    recommendation, perhaps.

    Step 2: Keep your brief in mind at all times

    During your planning and writing, make sure that you keep your brief in mind: who are you writing
    for, and why are you writing?

    All your thinking needs to be focused on that, which may require you to be ruthless in your reading and
    thinking. Anything irrelevant should be discarded.

    As you read and research, try to organise your work into sections by theme, a bit like writing a
    Literature Review.

    Make sure that you keep track of your references, especially for academic work. Although referencing
    is perhaps less important in the workplace, it’s also important that you can substantiate any assertions
    that you make so it’s helpful to keep track of your sources of information.

    Introduction

    The introduction sets out what you plan to say and provides a brief summary of the problem under
    discussion. It should also touch briefly on your conclusions.

    Report Main Body

    The main body of the report should be carefully structured in a way that leads the reader through the
    issue.

    You should split it into sections using numbered sub-headings relating to themes or areas for
    consideration. For each theme, you should aim to set out clearly and concisely the main issue under
    discussion and any areas of difficulty or disagreement. It may also include experimental results. All the
    information that you present should be related back to the brief and the precise subject under
    discussion.

    If it’s not relevant, leave it out.

    Conclusions and Recommendations


    The conclusion sets out what inferences you draw from the information, including any experimental
    results. It may include recommendations, or these may be included in a separate section.

    Recommendations suggest how you think the situation could be improved, and should be specific,
    achievable and measurable. If your recommendations have financial implications, you should set these
    out clearly, with estimated costs if possible.

    You should therefore aim for crisp, precise text, using plain English, and shorter words rather than
    longer, with short sentences.

    ESSAYS

    Introduction paragraph

     First sentence
     Thesis statement

    Body paragraph

     Give statistics
     Information on the subject
     Research on the topic
     Relevant data if any

    Conclusion paragraph

     Restate your thesis statement


     Support arguments
     write a call to action

    1. Your opening paragraph should clearly describe what you are


    going to discuss in the essay.
    2. 2. Organize the essay so that it covers a set list of subtopics that
    each support your main thesis
    3. Create transitions between paragraphs so that one paragraph
    follows from the next
    4. Avoid long sentences. When in doubt, break long sentences into
    smaller sentences. Avoid sentences that are repetitive and don't
    provide new information.  Throw away weak and empty sentences
    5.

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