Formal technical reports over eight to ten pages contain several components that deserve their own focus because they are important in technical reports and because people are unfamiliar with them:
- Abstracts provide several kinds of summaries of the report contents and conclusions.
- Introductions get readers ready to read reports by indicating the topic, purpose, intended audience, contents, and orther such matters.
- Conclusions shape how readers view and understand the report upon leaving it.
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