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Title: Inquiry Essay to Formal Report – Poof! It’s Easy! Inquiry Essay taken from the First Year Writing Program Guide for Students


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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its Easy!
By Allen Brizee, PhD Loyola University Maryland
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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
Easy!
  • IntroductionYoure 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)

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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
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
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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
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, Its Not in Full Color
    by Douglas A. Dooley
  • 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

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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
Easy!2. How Your Document ReadsInquiry Essay
taken from the Virginia Tech First Year Writing
Program Guide for Students
  • 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 are beginning to penetrate the
    upper ranks of corporate management, according
    to Richard Carter, former president of public
    affairs at a major t.v. company.
  • Report sentence uses BLUF by stating the most
    important data first, then the source
  • Report sentence is also more concise

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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
Easy!2. How Your Document ReadsInquiry Essay
taken from the Virginia Tech First Year Writing
Program Guide for Students
  • Second Sentence in Paragraph
  • According to The Wall Street Journal, in May of
    1992, the number of black professionals managing
    100 employees or more has only risen 1.5, from
    3.7 in 1978 to 5.2 in 1992 (Rigdon).
  • Provides statistical data as a more detailed
    representation of inquiry process

Graphic Representation in Report As we can see in
the line graph below, the number of black
professionals managing 100 employees or more has
risen only marginally.
  • 1986 1992
  • Source The Wall Street Journal, May 1992
  • Provides a visual representation and
    reinforcement of information quick, easy access
    to data

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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
Easy!2. How Your Document ReadsInquiry Essay
taken from the Virginia Tech First Year Writing
Program Guide for Students
Conclusion First Sentence As you can see,
African Americans in corporate positions face
obstacles and discrimination that are truly
unique to African Americans. However, being
African American in the United States' corporate
world is not an entirely negative thing. Last
Sentence Working hard and following the rules
increases your chance of success, but ultimately
a host of other factors including race, having
nothing to do with ability or merit, dictates how
high one can rise (Cose 42).
  • Conclusion
  • Report Conclusion Sentence Corporate African
    Americans still face race-based obstacles. White
    Americans do not have to face the same types of
    discrimination as do many minorities. For black
    executives, working hard and following the rules
    does not guarantee success because according to
    Cose, a host of other factors, having nothing to
    do with ability or merit, dictates how high one
    can rise (42).
  • Shorter, more concise, to the point, easy access
    of information and conclusions

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College Essay to Formal Report Poof! Its
Easy!
  • ConclusionSo to wrap up, 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)
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