ENG 1205-01 Home Page Long Report (400 points)

This report assignment requires you to expand on the recommendation report you wrote for the Short Report Assignment for Unit 2.

TOPIC SELECTION

You will use the same topic as you used for the Short Report Assignment.

AUDIENCE

You probably will use the same audience as you did for the Short Report Assignment.

FORMAT AND LENGTH REQUIREMENTS

Your report must follow the long report format discussed in Chapter 12. Consistent with that format, it must contain the following components:

1) Front Matter (Each element below on a separate page)

Transmittal Document

Title Page

Abstract

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations (optional)

Glossary (optional)

2) Text (3-4 single-spaced pages, not including visuals)

Introduction

Body (with appropriate textual divisions)

Conclusion

3) Back Matter (Each element below on a separate page)

Appendixes (optional)

Bibliography

For a report that contains these components and that illustrates correct report format, see the example in Workplace Communications, pp. 247-59.

DESIGN

Your long report will follow the design guidelines in Chapter 5 regarding type, margins, textual divisions, headings, and lists. Also note the following design requirements:

The text of your report will be single-spaced, with double-spacing between paragraphs and sections.
Your long report must contain at least one visual, which must be integrated effectively as discussed in Chapter 4. The visual may be computer-generated or carefully hand-drawn. Note: You may use the same visual as you used for the Short Report Assignment, or you may use a different and/or an additional visual.

RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

You must include information from at least three sources in your long report. These sources may be primary and/or secondary.

Secondary sources are sources already compiled by someone else (books, magazine articles, newspaper articles, websites, reports, product brochures, manuals, etc.). Primary sources are sources that contain information you gather yourself (interviews, surveys, experiments, etc.).

Workplace Communications discusses both MLA format for documentation and APA format. You may use either format to provide the bibliography and parenthetical citations for information you include from your sources.

GRADING CRITERIA

Your long report grade will be based on content, organization, tone, format, design, use/documentation of sources, and correctness (grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling).

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