InquiryEssaytoFormalReport-AllenBrizee,PhD,LoyolaUniversity.ppt

College Essay to Formal Report – Poof! It’s Easy!2. How Your Document ReadsInquiry Essay taken from the Virginia Tech First Year Writing Program Guide for Students This paragraph comes from the student essay, “The American Dream: Remember, It’s Not in Full Color” by Douglas A. Dooley * College Essay to Formal Report – Poof! It’s Easy! By Allen Brizee, PhD Loyola University Maryland College Essay to Formal Report – Poof! It’s Easy! IntroductionYou’re familiar with how to write a college essay, but writing a report may be new to you. Adjusting your essay writing to report writing primarily consists of two steps: 1. Adjust how your document looks Make your text more accessible (HATS) Topic sentences can become headers for different sections 2. Adjust how your document reads Put the bottom line up front in introduction and paragraphs Compose tight, concise sentences (KIS) College Essay to Formal Report – Poof! It’s Easy! 1. How Your Document Looks (HATS) Here is an overview of how the documents look from a distance: Traditional essay, large blocks of text, information difficult and time consuming to retrieve Report format with small, well-balanced blocks of concise data, easy to access data, topic sentence can become heading Topic Sentence for New Section Black corporate executives are finally having an impact on corporate America. Topic sentence begins broad and outlines what the next section of the essay will discuss Heading for New Sections in Report The Impact of Black Executives in the U.S. Heading is shorter and more concise allowing for quick, easy access to information First Sentence in Paragraph Richard Carter, former president of public affairs at a major cable television company and current free-lance writer, says that African Americans are “indeed beginning to penetrate the upper ranks of corporate management” (Carter). Provides more detailed information from inquiry process First Sentence in New Section in Report African Americans ar