COMSATS University Islamabad

HUM102 Report Writing Skills

Assignment # 1
FALL 2020

Instructions
• Your assignment should be submitted as a MS Word document.
• The answer should be in proper English. Be careful of grammar. Avoid the use of
ungrammatical expressions within your answer.
• There is a zero-tolerance policy for plagiarism. Assignments found with copy pasted
material or copied from fellows will not be accepted.
• Submit your assignment on your CU Online LMS portal within the given time frame.
Emailed assignments will not be entertained.

Question [3 + 3 + 3+ 1= 10 Marks, CLO1-C1]

1. How is a technical report different from a news report? Mention their differences.
2. Download a research paper of your choice; read its Executive Summary/Abstract
thoroughly and attempt the questions given below.
Please note that each one of you should find a research paper on your own. If two students
work on the same research paper, that shall be considered plagiarism. Also, if the
summary/abstract is already composed with headings, don’t use it.

a. Identify different parts of the Executive summary as discussed in Lecture 03.

b. Make a Title Page of the research paper that you downloaded including all these
components: Title of the report, Date of submission, Addresser’s name, Addressee’s
name
c. Share the link (URL) of the research paper that you used for this assignment.

Good luck!

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