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#The Ultimate Report Writing Help Guide

Good report writing is an integral part of education.В  With some basic guidelines, a well written report can be achieved.В В В В

There are things you want to focus on when preparing a report:

• Follow the instructions
• Format the paper correctly
• Research
• Avoid plagiarism
• Citation
• Good spelling, grammar punctuation
• Proofreading

Following the Instructions

The instruction section explaining how the teacher wants the report to be written is very important to the success of the final report.В  This is where the teacher gives direction on what he/she wants the report writer to do.В  For example, the instructions may contain type of report you are to write, the due date, the formatting of the paper, etc. Making sure that you understand the instructions is crucial to writing a good report.В

Formatting the Paper

Reports are very restricted by how they are formatted.В  Content of reports varies from topic to topic, but the formatting has special rules, procedures, and expectations.В  Two very popular formatting guidelines are

APA (American Psychological Association)

the MLA (Modern Language Association).

The APA style of writing is usually used in science papers, such as biology, sociology, economics, psychology and more.В  MLA style is more often used in reports in the humanities such as English and foreign languages and reports in the arts such as art history.В  These formatting guidelines tell you how to do the title page, format the header and footer, how to quote someone else in your work, and how to properly give credit to that person you quoted as well.

A very good online resource for APA, and MLA is the Purdue OWL or Online Writing Lab.В  The Purdue OWL is very user friendly and can guide you in formatting a successful report.В  It gives a condensed but complete instruction on the various ways to format a paper.В

Another good online resource are the websites for APA (www.apastyle.org ), and MLA (www.mla.org ) themselves.

When doing a report, some kind of research is necessary to support your ideas.В  Whether your report is for science, English, social studies, or geography, you will want to have some research that gives your ideas weight.В  By using research your report will help the reader understand how you came to the conclusions/ideas that you arrived at in your paper.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is something that every good writer should be wary about.В  When you paraphrase (putting the ideas/words of someone else into your own words), summarize, copy word for word someone else s ideas and words, you must give credit to that person otherwise you are plagiarizing.В  Both MLA APA have formatting guidelines for giving credit to whoever s words/ideas you are borrowing.В