Report:

- Headline
- News Event (who, what, when, where)
- Background (why, lead-up to event, causes)
- Description (detailed description of what happened and
what is happening)
- Subheading (optional)
- Quotations (participants, witnesses etc.)
- Future (consequences, predictions)

Official Report:
To:
From:
Sub:
Date:
Salutation
Intro para(brief/purpose)
Paras 2,3 and 4 are divided by subheadings with the content points turned into
mini paras.
Conclusive para
(recommend/advise/suggest)
Sign off.
Yours sincerely,
Signature
Name
Designation
Interview:
- No speech marks required
- No frequent intervals
- Q and A is evident between interviewer and interviewee

Magazine Article/ Newspaper Report:

- Topic
- Background
- Discussion
- Prediction
- Conclusion
Article shares an opinion while the report only contains facts.

Letter:
Date
Place
Dear _________,
 Opening
 Para 1 – Body
 Para 2 - Further Development
 Para 3 – Conclusion
 Para 4 - Future action
 Para 5 - Final Paragraph
Yours Sincerely,
Signature
[NAME]

Journal:
A journal should be in first person. The date should be mentioned on top of your
entry. A sense of time and place in which the entry was written, must be
prominent. Although, journals have no specific format for paragraph, it should
follow the 5-paragraph rule. It's communicative with your own self. Deepest
emotions and feelings should be used.
Speech:
- Greet the people listening to your speech by
level of importance
- Thank the people who have given you the opportunity
- Body
- Conclude your speech
- Once again, thank everyone for the opportunity
- Wish them with a goodbye or something else relevant

Narrative Essay:
- Setting
- Characters
- Problem
- Climax
- Resolution
Descriptive Essay:
- Setting
- Positioning
- Approaching
- Arrival
- Farewell