Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- identify key reference documents to help guide the structure and style of your report or proposal;
- describe the connection between proposals and reports;
- plan and organize a report or proposal by clearly stating your purpose as the writer, assessing the reader's identity and needs, and formulating the main message of your document;
- develop an outline that arranges your main ideas in support of your purpose and main message;
- summarize the main ideas of your report or proposal for use in briefing notes or speech notes so that others can convey your main message in other contexts;
- apply key elements of structure and style in drafting longer documents;
- compare strategies for conveying information with text and visually;
- revise documents according to standard principles of structure, style, and English-language mechanics.