Writing 2111F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Organize, Jargon

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2111F/G
• Professor: Melanie Chambers

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Feasibility reports: feasibility reports evaluate two or more alternatives and recommend one of them, normally open by explaining the decision made, listing the alternatives, and explaining the criteria, discuss each alternative separately. Justification reports: justification reports recommend or justify a purchase, investment, hiring, or change in policy. Writing proposals: proposals have two goals to get the project accepted and to get you accepted to do the job, types of proposals, research projects, proposals for action, sales proposals, proposals for funding. Presenting information effectively in reports: use a fairly formal style, without contractions or slang, avoid the word you. Writing formal reports: formal reports may contain the following components, cover, title page, letter or memo of transmittal, table of contents, list of illustrations, executive summary, body, introduction, background or history of the problem, conclusions, recommendations. Table of contents: the table of contents gives an overview of the report structure and is a useful resource for the busy professional.