various situational writing formats
TRANSCRIPT
Formal
Letter
(Proposal) Sender’s Name Sender’s Position Sender’s Address
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Date (e.g. 20 January 2009 – correct; 20/01/09 – wrong)
LEAVE A LINE Recipient’s Name Recipient’s Position Recipient’s Address
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Dear Sir/Mr Lee,
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Title of Letter
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Para 1 Purpose of letter/Decision made
LEAVE A LINE Para 2 Options considered – strengths and weakness of Reasons that option X is superior compared to
options Y,Z, A, B C, D
LEAVE A LINE Para 3 Plans for implementation
LEAVE A LINE Para 4 Request for support/ Thank your reader for his time and attention to the matter
LEAVE A LINE Yours sincerely, Signature Full Name
Informal
Letter Sender’s Address
LEAVE A LINE
Date (e.g. 20 January 2009 – correct; 20/01/09 – wrong)
LEAVE A LINE Dear Uncle Lee/ Simon,
LEAVE A LINE Para 1 Enquire about the health and happiness of your uncle/ aunt/ cousin/friend/ Thank him/her for his/her letter/ offer of help
LEAVE A LINE Para 2 Purpose of letter/Decision made
LEAVE A LINE Para 3 Options considered – strengths and weakness of Reasons that option X is superior compared to
options Y,Z, A, B C, D
LEAVE A LINE Para 4 Plans for implementation
LEAVE A LINE Para 5 Request for support/Thank your uncle/aunt/cousin/friend for their thoughts of you and their kind offer.
LEAVE A LINE With love, Name (in legible handwriting)
Report
(Proposal) To : Recipient’s Name/ Recipient’s Position
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From : Sender’s Name/ Sender’s Position
LEAVE A LINE Title of Report/Proposal
LEAVE A LINE Para 1 Purpose of report/proposal/decision made
LEAVE A LINE Sub-Heading Para 2 Options considered/ Options considered – strengths and weakness of / Reasons that option X is superior compared to
options Y,Z, A, B C, D /surveys conducted/survey findings
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Sub-Heading Para 3 Plans for implementation
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Sub-Heading Para 4 Request for resource allocation/help/approval for plans/ Thank your reader for his time and attention to the matter
LEAVE A LINE Signature Full Name Date (e.g. 20 January 2009 – correct; 20/01/09 – wrong)
News Report
/Brochure LEAVE A LINE
Title of News Report/Brochure
LEAVE A LINE Sub-heading 1 Para 1 Keep it short (3-7 lines)
LEAVE A LINE Sub-heading 2 Para 2 Keep it short (3-7 lines)
LEAVE A LINE Sub-heading 3 Para 3 Keep it short (3-7 lines)
LEAVE A LINE Sub-heading 4 Para 4 Keep it short (3-7 lines)
LEAVE A LINE Sub-heading 5 Para 5 Contact details Agency name, tel, hotline
Speech
Para 1 Good afternoon, Mr Richard Lim, our Guest of Honour, Mr Peter Tan, Principal, Mrs Judy Yeow and Mrs Aw Meng Yin, Vice-Principals, teachers, parents and fellow students, (topic of speech)
LEAVE A LINE Para 2 Elaborate on topic
LEAVE A LINE Para 3 Elaborate on topic
LEAVE A LINE Para 4 Summary statement on Topic of speech (Question for audience to mull over, famous quote for audience to consider, important statistic for audience to keep close to their hearts) Signature of speech writer Full Name of speech writer Date
Eyewitness Report To : Recipient’s Name/ Recipient’s Position LEAVE A LINE From : Sender’s Name/Sender’s Position LEAVE A LINE Title of Eyewitness Report LEAVE A LINE Para 1 Summary of the incident (who, what, where, when, why, how) LEAVE A LINE Para 2 Elaborate on the incident (who, what, where, when, why, how) LEAVE A LINE Para 3 Elaborate on the incident (who, what, where, when, why, how) LEAVE A LINE Para 4 Elaborate on the incident (who, what, where, when, why, how) LEAVE A LINE Signature Full Name Date (e.g. 20 January 2009 – correct; 20/01/09 – wrong)
just write what you saw, heard, smelled, touched do NOT include your personal judgment on the incident/persons involved
- e.g. I think the thug is an evil man who should be sentenced to life imprisonment or stoned to death.