2. A report is any informational work made with the specific
intention of relaying information or recounting certain events in
a widely presentable form.
Reports may be conveyed through a written medium, speech,
television, or film.
It is any informational work made with an intention to
communicate.
Reports are used in government, business, education, science,
and other fields, often to display the results of an experiment,
investigation, or inquiry.
REPORT
4. • The informal report functions to inform, analyze, and recommend.
• It usually takes the form of a memo, letter or a very short international
document like a monthly financial report, monthly activities report,
research and development report, etc.
• This report differs from the formal report in length and formality.
• The informal report is usually more controversial in tone and typically
deals with everyday problems and issues addressed to a narrow
readership inside the organization.
INFORMAL REPORT
5. The basic components of informal report writing
include Introduction, Discussion & Reference.
Different organizations include more components to
this type as per their requirements.
INFORMAL REPORT WRITING
6. • The formal report is the collection and interpretation of data
and information.
• The formal report is complex and used at an official level.
• It is often a written account of a major project.
• Examples of subject matter include new technologies, the
advise of launching a new project line, results of a study or
experiment.
FORMAL REPORT
7. • The report’s cover leaves a huge
impression on the reader’s mind and
he/she can get an idea regarding the
report’s topic or quality through the
cover design.
Cover
• This component includes the report’s
title and the name of the writer.
• the title can also have a date and the
name of the organization for which the
report has been prepared.
Title Of The
Report
8. • This section includes headings
and subheadings of the primary
text written.
• It helps your readers to reach
desired sections in your report.
Table Of
Contents
• Here you basically provide the
summary of the whole report’s
and you can also call it an
informative summary or abstract.
Summary
FORMAL REPORT WRITING
9. • This is the most important section of the
main text. The main text always includes
three components introduction, discussion,
and conclusion.
• introduce the main text of your report in the
most intriguing a detailed manner
Introduction
• In the discussion section, a report
writer discusses the main story of the
report
Discussion
FORMAL REPORT WRITING
10. • You can present the summary of the
discussion section, findings and recommend
the elements to the readers as overall
evaluation.
Conclusion/Recommendation
• In the appendix portion, you can attach the
graphs, lists, survey and suchlike stuff that
are related to your report.
Appendix
• You can cite your report’s references in this
portion.
Reference