short report for English communication class

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ENGL 320 FA18

For this assignment, you’ll prepare a short, research-based report about a technological trend, development, or issue in your field. Choose a topic that’s current and relevant for practitioners and for soon-to-be-recent graduates in your field. Write 1200-1400 words (about 3 pages) of single spaced, unformatted text.

The following list constitutes minimum, required report elements for the assignment:

· Title page including title, prepared for:, prepared by:, and accurate date

· Introduction with relevant background information and context preview statement

· Body with sources and graphic(s)

· Use APA style signal phrases and parenthetical citations

· Use sentence or parenthetical definitions (pp. 535-37) to define key terms as necessary.

· Conclusion

· APA Style List of References. See Appendix B: Documenting Sources APA Style (pp. 620) or

Purdue Online Writing Lab (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/)

· Graphic element(s). Include graphics as necessary to clarify, summarize, emphasize or organize information in your report. Integrate graphics by mentioning the figure or table in the body of the report and using use labels, titles. Include source statements for borrowed graphics. List borrowed graphics in your references list.

Other grading considerations follow:

· Design and Coherence. Design your report to maximize professional appearance. Consider font type, size, and special treatments (e.g. italics, bold facing) and line spacing. To maximize coherence, use a precise title, headings, topic sentences and transitions in your report.

· Formality. The level of formality for this report is “highly formal” (Markel, 2015, pp. 230-231). Use 3rd person POV (no Is or yous); avoid contractions, slang, clichés, and jargon.