feasibility study

Reviewing Feasibility Studies

Letter of Transmittal (Should mention subject, purpose, scopes, and recommendation)

Front Material

Title Page (Should state title, reader, writer, abstract, and date)

Table of Contents (Should list major headings and page numbers as found in report)

List of Illustrations (Should provide number, title, and page number for tables and / or figures)

Glossary (Optional-Should provide alphabetical guide to the meaning of technical terms)

Introduction

Subject, Purpose, and Scopes

Historical Background

Other items as needed

Factual Discussion

Should focus on scopes in the part-by-part method of comparison/contrast

Should be detailed in reporting your data

Factual Summary

Should condense the Factual Discussion

Conclusions

Should be numbered

Should interpret the data on each scope

Recommendation

Should be phrased in decisive language

Should be accompanied by a rationale

Appendix (Optional)

Should contain supporting information

Works Cited

Should follow MLA format

Should document all sources of information used in the paper

General Writing Concerns

Development–provide more details or examples.

Clarity–make your point less difficult to understand.

Wordy—avoid language that takes up space but says little and is too general (e.g., there is, there

seems, it is , it seems, thing).

Clichés–avoid worn-out ways of expressing ideas.

Colloquial–avoid language that is slangy or too informal for a professional document.

Sexist—avoid language that unnecessarily makes gender an issue

Pronoun Antecedent–make sure that the pronoun has a clear antecedent, the word that it describes. A

pronoun should agree with its antecedent in case, gender, and number.

Faulty Predication—make sure that the subject and verb fit together grammatically. Avoid is when, is

because, is where.

Passive Voice—avoid the passive voice.

Stringy Writing–avoid joining too many phrases or sentences with “and.”

Common Proofreading and Editing Symbols

Awk Awkward (clumsy way of expressing an idea)

CS Comma splice (two sentences joined only by a comma)

D Diction (consider your choice of words here)

Dglng Dangling phrase (a phrase that does not have a clear word to modify)

Frag Fragment (a would-be sentence that lacks a subject, verb, or complete idea)

RO Run-on (two sentences joined without any conjunction or punctuation)

S-V Agr Subject-Verb Agreement (a subject must agree with its verb in number)

// Faulty Parallelism (failure to use the same grammatical patterns)