Text Types: Official Report

Text Types: Official Report

How should you write an official report?

Key Features

• Title and subtitle

• Sponsors

• Table of Contents

• Conclusion

• Appendices

• Abstract

• Synthesis
  

Key Features

• Methodology

• Findings

• Labeling and captions

• Graphs, charts, tables, diagram or figures

Titles and subtitles

Every report needs a title and subtitle. Simple/boring titles are fine!  They need to cover the scope of the report. 

Sponsors

Who has commissioned the report? Readers will want to know who is responsible for funding and carrying out the research.

Table of Contents

This is necessary for readers who wish to quickly scan the report.

Appendices

This is an addition to a report, and it may include raw data, survey questions, articles, or primary sources.

Abstract

This summarises the key findings of the research and it describes the context in which the research was conducted. 

Synthesis

This is the act of processing multiple sources and basing claims on them. 

Methodology

Readers of reports want to know how research was conducted. A section of this comes towards the beginning of the report. 

Findings

Research aims to aquire results and report in its findings. This includes the data or evidence  gathered and the conclusions that are based on them. 

Labelling and Captions

These are useful for in-text referencing. Readers should be able to understand what they are looking at. 

Graphs, charts etc.

Readers like visual represnetiatons of data.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a title and heading of an official report?

• To grab the reader's attention

• To inform the reader of the scope of the report

Multiple Choice

A report needs to show its sponsors because:

• Readers will want to know who is responsible for funding and carrying out the research.

• Readers will want to know where to shop when they see the findings of the report.

Multiple Choice

A table of contents

• introduces the thesis of the report

• analysis the charts and graphs

• helps the reader scan for a specific topic

• grabs the readers attention

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks: Good conclusions reiterate previous ____________. In some reports it is appropriate to suggest areas for ____________ reading.

• points, further

• research, blog

• recommendations, alternative

Multiple Choice

What may include raw data, survey questions, articles, or primary sources?

• abstract

• synthesis

• findings

• appendices

Open Ended

What is the purpose of an abstract?

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank. Synthesis is the act of processing __________ sources and basing __________ on them.

• illegitimate, findings

• at least ten, facts

• multiple, claims

Multiple Choice

Methodology: A section of this comes towards the ____________ of the report.

• beginning

• middle

• end

• appendices

Open Ended

Why does part of the methodology come at the beginning?

Multiple Choice

"Findings" include"

• graphs or charts

• data or evidence

• first person accounts

• scientific facts

Open Ended

What is the purpose of labels and captions?

Multiple Choice

Synthesis is the act of processing multiple sources and basing claims on them.

• True

• False

• I am not sure

Open Ended

Why do readers like graphs and charts?

Multiple Choice

A reader can always trust the data on a graph or chart.

• True

• False

Open Ended

In your own words, what is an official report?

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