answer the question

Please read pages 267-282 in A Concise Guide to Technical Communication.

· Respond to the below questions:

1. What purposes might call for writing a Long Report?

2. “Long reports are often structured like a ______…”

3. What types of audiences might be interested in reading long reports?

4. “Long reports are called for in situations where an audience needs _____ _____, _____, and _____ –the whole story.”

5. Describe a possible scenario that might require a long report.

6. Recommending is different from ________?

7. What are the 3 types of long reports?

8. Explain ‘Causal Report.’

9. Explain ‘Comparative Report.’

10. Explain ‘Feasibility Report.’

11. The ‘Introduction’ of a long report does what?

12. The ‘Body’ does what?

13. What is the purpose of the ‘Conclusion’?

14. Your ‘Conclusion’ should provide what? What should it not include?

15. “A long document must be _____________.”

16. What is included in the ‘Front Matter’ of a long report? The ‘End Matter’?

17. What does the ‘Title Page’ include?

18. What is the purpose of the ‘Letter of Transmittal’?

19. What does the ‘Table of Contents’ do?

20. What is the ‘Abstract’/’Executive Summary’?

21. What steps or suggestions should you follow when preparing an ‘Abstract’?

22. When and why might you include ‘Appendixes’ in your long report?

23. Why might you include a ‘Glossary’?

24. Do ALL long reports include all of the same elements? What factors should you consider when deciding what to include?

25. Briefly list long report “usability considerations.”

26. “To address the true purpose of the situation, you must ___________________.”

27. “Any usable analysis must ___________________.”

28. “Make sure your information is _____________________________.”

29. “…visual information can make _____________________.”

30. In long reports, what purpose do ‘Headings’ and ‘Subheadings’ serve?