EAPP

• Paper that presents an arguable opinion about an essay

  Position paper
• Argument


  A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong
• Steps in presenting arguments to defend or support a stand on an issue

  1. Make issue criteria

  2. Collect evidences from properly cited sources

  3. Make an appeal to your audience
• Make issue criteria


  Consider if it is a real issue with genuine controversy and uncertainty, and if you are personally interested in advocating one of these positions
• Collect evidences from properly cited sources


  Surveys, descriptive studies, case studies, academic journals, popular magazines, biographical information, quotes or summaries of work from established authorities, statistics, interview of an authority or ordinary citizen, laboratory research, and textual analysis
• Types of appeals to make to your audience

  • Logical appeals
  • Emotional appeals
  • Ethical appeals
• Logical appeals


  Use of facts in order to support and defend a position, such as reasoning with your audience, providing them with facts and statistics, or making historical and literal analogies
• Emotional appeals


  Use of the audience's feelings for the subject of the paper such as anger, pity, and aversion in order to persuade
• Ethical appeals


  Establishing the writer as fair, open-minded, honest, and knowledgeable about the subject matter
• . EVALUATIVE

      -  A specific type of analytical writing that assesses a particular issue, policy, or situation from a certain standpoint, offering a judgment or evaluation based on criteria or standards.

   

  The goal is to not only articulate a clear stance on the issue but also to evaluate its merits, drawbacks, implications, or effectiveness based on systematic analysis and evidence.
• CONSTRUCTIVE

       -  A type of written document that presents a clear and reasoned argument in favor of a specific stance on an issue. It is called "constructive" because it aims not only to assert a position but also to contribute positively to the discussion by offering thoughtful analysis, evidence-based arguments, and feasible solutions or recommendations.

   
• EXPOSITIVE

     - It is often referred to more commonly as an expository position paper, is a type of essay that explains, illustrates, clarifies, or expounds an idea, issue, or a set of concepts related to a specific stance or viewpoint.

   

  The primary goal is to inform and elucidate rather than to persuade or argue aggressively. It aims to present a well-rounded, comprehensive understanding of a topic from a specific perspective, making the subject matter accessible and clear to the audience.

   
• COMPARATIVE

       - A type of analytical essay that examines two or more subjects (such as theories, texts, events, policies, or phenomena) by comparing and contrasting them in relation to a specific thesis or argument.

   

  The primary objective of this paper is to articulate a position based on the comparison, highlighting similarities and differences to draw conclusions or make arguments about the subjects being examined.

   
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  Nature of Reports

  informative Reports

  Persuasive Reports

  Analytical Reports

  Descriptive Reports

  Technical Reports

  Research Reports
• Informative Reports: These provide factual information on a topic without any analysis or  interpretation
•  Analytical Reports: These delve into data, facts, and findings to analyze a situation, problem, or  issue and often include recommendations based on the analysis.
• Persuasive Reports: These aim to persuade the reader to take a specific course of action or adopt a particular viewpoint. They typically include arguments, evidence, and  recommendations to support their position.
• Descriptive Reports: These simply describe a situation, event, process, or phenomenon without analyzing or evaluating it.
• Technical Reports: These are highly detailed and structured reports that focus on technical information,  such as engineering designs, scientific experiments, or project progress.
• Research Reports: These present the results and analysis of original research studies, including methodology, data, findings, and conclusions.

   
• Laboratory Report - explains and analyses the results of an experiment.
• Business Report - analyses a situation and uses business theory to provide solutions  or recommendations.
•   Case Study Report - an intensive study about a person, a group of people or a unit, which is aimed to generalize over several units.
• 1.    Project Report - an intensive, systematic investigation of a single individual, group, community or some other unit in which the researcher examines in.
• Research Report – consists of recorded data prepared by researchers or statisticians after analyzing the information gathered by conducting organized  research, typically in the form of surveys or qualitative methods.
•   Progress Report - a report in which you are updating information about a project

  -       makes it possible for management and clients to stay informed about a project and to change or adjust assignments, schedules, and budgets.
• Design Report – is frequently written by engineers to document the process and outcomes of a design task. - communicates to your reader how well you've understood the problem, how you've evolved the design throughout your study, and what the next steps are.
•   Field Report - a documentation of analysis of particular phenomena, behaviors, processes based on theories and observations made by the researcher in   the field. (These observed and analyzed theories are used to identify  solutions for a specific project or case report.)

   
• 1.    Internal Report - stays within a certain organization
•      External Report - also called “public report” such as news report in newspapers
•   Short Report – a two-page report or sometimes referred to as “memorandum”
• Long Report – longer than two pages and are more formal than short reports
• Vertical Report - is for the management or for mentees wherever the direction of upwards & downwards comes into motion
• 1. Lateral Report -assists in coordination in the organization
•     Periodic Report - sent out on regularly pre-scheduled dates
•   Formal Report – meticulously structured, focuses on objectivity and organization,  

                              contains deeper detail and the writer must eliminate factors like using

                              personal pronouns
• Informal Report - usually short messages with free-flowing, casual use of language
•  Informational Report - carries objective information from one area of an organization to

                                               maybe a larger system (Examples of Informational Reports are

                                               attendance reports, budget reports and financial reports
• Analytical Report – shows attempts to solve actual problems, usually requires

                                    suggestions at the end
•   Functional Report - includes marketing reports, financial reports and accounting reports