Revising and redrafting your report

The following questions may help you in the process of revising and redrafting your report:

Structure

• does the report clearly and explicitly answer every part of the question?
• is your report clearly structured into sections (introduction, description of the interview, reflection of the interview and conclusion) and subsections?
• is there a suitable balance between the various parts?

Content

• does your introduction state the purpose of the interview and of the report, state when and with whom the interview took place and give the general structure of the report?
• does each section and subsection have a clear topic sentence that states the main point of the section? does that main point relate explicitly to one part of the assignment question?
• do the other sentences in each section expand on the topic sentence in some way?
• do they provide evidence or support for the point you are making in that section?
• have you shown the relationship between ideas by using appropriate linking words or phrases?
• does your conclusion state what you have learned from the assignment?

Referencing

• are all ideas and quotes from other sources correctly referenced?
• is the reference list (if you have one) complete and accurate?

Writing

• have you checked the spelling, grammar, punctuation?

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