7. Other Features

1.       It requires only one address – the writer’s own.

2.       Salutation requires name of the recipient or the person’s title e. g.

          Dear Mr. John, Dear Alhaji Bello.

3.       The closing subscription is ‘Yours sincerely’.

4.       It carries signature

5.       It requires full name of the writer.

6.       It is brief in nature

7.       The language is formal but words could be shortened.

4.       ARTICLE WRITING

These are write-ups meant for publication in the national dailies. It transcends the boundary of the writer as it is meant for the whole world to read it.

Features

1.       It requires an interesting and attractive title.

2.       The language is strictly formal in nature.

3.       Abusive expression should be avoided.

4.       The tone is polite

5.       One can combine being subjective and objective while writing.

6.       The identity of the writer could be written immediately after the title or     immediately after the whole write-up by the right hand side down. E.g.

          PROBLEMS OF CULT IN UNIVERSITIES

          by Mohammed Mohammed

5.       REPORT WRITING

Report writing is an aspect of narrative essay that deals with an account of fast events. Report writing covers wide areas like experiment, minutes of meetings, police investigation, account of office, eyewitness account, etc. It is not written to show ones feeling rather on how the event happened. 

Features

1.       Since it deals on past event, the tense to be used should be past tense.

2.       The language is formal devoid of emotion.

3.       The writer must know his subject well through being involved in the event,      observation, interview with people, etc.

4.       It carries title, which is written in sentence form to include the receiver’s address, name and date. The purpose of the report should be added in the title as well as writer’s name or his position. Example:

          A REPORT OF STUDENT’S RIOT PRESENTED BY THE HEAD BOY TO THE          PRINCIPAL GSS MINNA ON 20TH APRIL, 2015.

5.       It requires the signature of the writer at the end.

6.       It requires the full name of the writer immediately after the signature.

7.       Recommendation by the writer may be included.

8.       Phone number may be included i. e. in Police report as well as names of collaborators for further inquiries.