REPORT WRITING

REPORT WRITING

Reports are factual descriptions of events or an incident. They are written in an easy to understand, simple and precise language . There are mainly three kinds of reports:

1) Newspaper report

2) Report for newsletters

3) Business report.

Features of Report

1. Interesting headings

2. by line.

In case of newspaper reports

            Report by staff correspondent or name

In case of report for news letters

            Report by (Name of the person)

3. Place and Date.

Eg: Delhi, Jan 20

4. Third person narration.

5. Use of passive form (what is more important not who is reporting but is what happened.)

6. Report only facts and in the order in which they happened They are usually developed on the following outline.

What, when, where, who, how

Highlights or other relevant informations.

Example: 1

Newspaper report

World Meet 2015

Staff correspondent

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Example 2

Newsletter

Each one plant one

Report by Anil

The school celebrated the environmental day on……………………………………………………………………

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Formal or business report.

Format

From: Sender’s name and designation

To: receiver’s name and designation

Date:

Heading

Salutation

Body of the report could vary depending on the questions. In General it includes:

Introduction

Present situation

Causes of the problem

Effect

Recommendations

Actions to be taken

Conclusion

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Signature

Name and designation