• TO INFORM

• GIVES FACTUAL INFORMATION ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC

• THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE EASY TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND

• Non fiction book (e.g. geography) • Letter• Catalogue• Information leaflet• Magazine article• Topic based school project• Tourist guide book• Encyclopaedia entry• HISTORY – reports on historical figures• SCIENCE – characteristics and habitats of plants

and animals• GEOGRAPHY – reports on different places and

geographical features e.g. rivers, mountains

• The title of the report is the subject e.g. Roman Housing.

• The first paragraph introduces the subject of the whole report.

• New paragraphs are used for each fact or description, often with sub-headings.

• It is NOT written in chronological order.• It is often written in continuous present tense

(although historical reports are written in the past tense).

• Ends with a paragraph summarising key points.

• Present tense (except historical reports)• Third person• Formal tone• Subject-specific vocabulary• Each paragraph starts with a general

statement and then goes on to give more detail

• Describes• References information sources

• Pictures• Diagrams• Tables • Charts • Graphs• Glossary

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