Report Writing

The standard types of written assignment required of a university student are usually: an academic essay. or a report. In addition to a dissertation (which is a large piece of work required for graduation).

Essays Writing
An essay is a long piece of writing and it is written in paragraphs. An essay requires you to: demonstrate your understanding of a subject area bring a wide range of material to bear on a given problem or issue. respond critically, with your own ideas, to the issue organize your thinking into an argument

Essays Writing
An essay requires you to: select and use information to support your argument . express your argument in clear, logical, wellstructured prose . reference all the sources you have used in constructing your argument.

Report Writing
A report is a formal piece of written work and presented in a different style from an essay. Reports are usually written for a clear and specific purpose . A report may need to make recommendations for action. The structure of a report is more detailed than an essay with the use of headings and sub-headings to introduce pieces of information.

Reports and essays what s the difference?

A Report Presents information Is meant to be scanned quickly by the reader Uses numbered headings and sub-headings May not need references and bibliography/reference list An Essay Presents an argument Is meant to be read carefully Uses minimal sub-headings, if any. Always needs references and bibliography/reference list

Reports and essays what s the difference?

A Report An Essay Uses short, concise Links ideas into cohesive paragraphs and dot-points paragraphs, rather than where applicable breaking them down into a list of dot-points Uses graphics wherever Rarely uses graphics possible (tables, graphs, illustrations) May be followed by Seldom has recommendations and/or recommendations or appendices appendices

Which is easier to write? An essay or a report?

It seems that reports writing is relatively easier than essays writing because :
It presents information, not an argument It is meant to be scanned quickly by the reader It uses numbered headings and sub-headings It uses short, concise paragraphs and dotpoints where applicable It uses graphics wherever possible (tables, graphs, illustrations)