Handy Assignment Writing Tips
To Help You Write a Better Essay...
Discover how to write assignments - good ones! Below you'll find some practical and instructive tips for writing an assignment.
Your Report Structure
A good structure for your assignment would be as follows:
- Title Page - showing the title of the report, the author, the person for whom the report is prepared, and the date of completion.
- Summary/Synopsis/Executive Summary (approx 10% of word count) - this will identify:
- The purpose of the report
- The scope of the report - issues covered/not covered
- The important results and findings
- The conclusions and recommendations
- Acknowledgement of any assistance in researching and compiling the report
- Table of Contents - not including the title and contents page!
- Body of Report - this will include:
- Introduction - what is the report about
- Discussion - divided into sections and sub sections, presented clearly and confined to fact rather than analysis/opinion
- Conclusion - this should:
- Relate back to the findings in the body of the report
- Include a clear summary of the main points
- Outline the findings of the research
Note: There should be nothing in the conclusion of any report or assignment that has not already been mentioned in the body of the document.
- Recommendations - these should:
- Emerge from the conclusions
- Suggest what is to be done, who is to do it and how/when it is to be done
- Be justified based on findings, not just the opinion of the writer
- Bibliography
- Appendix/Appendices - containing supplementary material too detailed for the main body of the report, such as tables, charts, statistics, questionnaires etc.
