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Types of assignments

The types of assignment depend upon the university you are studying in, as each university has different type of structure and curriculum. Generally, below are some examples of types of assignment that are followed in majority of the assignments.

Project Report
Essay
Case Study
Annotated Bibliography
Critical Review
Literature Review or Systematic Literature Review
Reflective Report or Reflective Essay
Practical Write-up
Research Proposal
Dissertation
Quiz

Task	Purpose	Audience	Tone	Structure
Project Report	To convey information that has been gathered through research and examination of information	Peers Academic executives	Fact-based Succinct Logical flow Understandable structure Active voice	Preliminary section (Introduction and abstract) Main Body Conclusion Recommendation Appendices
Essay	To inform, persuade, explain or entertain about the given topic	Academicians	Formal Fact-based Logical Flow of ideas Active voice Use of simple and academic language	Introduction Body Conclusion
Case Study	To examine a particular case To allow students to get deep understanding about the topic To make suggestions and conclusion about the topic	Public Academicians as well as students	Factual Precise Easy to understand	Introduction Literature Review Method Discussion Conclusion
Annotated Bibliography	To inform the reader of about the relevance of the source To inform about the quality of the sources	Academicians Researcher consumers	Scholarly Objective	The bibliographical information The explanation of the topic
Critical Review	To gain a deep insight about the paper and to also determine the future scope of the paper	Peers Interested people in your profession	Claim and Evidence Approach Present tense Third Person	Summary Critique Conclusion and Reference
Literature review	To show your insight about the subject area To figure out which source is important and adds to the subject To make sure how your work fills the gap in writing	Research paper writers Academicians Fellow peers and professionals	Professional Objective Scholarly	Introduction Main body Conclusion
Reflective Report or Reflective Journals	Identify key articles on a topic Evaluate usefulness of articles in relation to topic Inform others	Researchers Academics Fellow professionals	Formal Objective	Title of work listed alphabetically by author Indented 1-2 paragraph summary and critique in relation to topic
Reflective journal	To explore the positive and negative aspect of an experience To help in implementing the theoretical concepts in practicality	Yourself	Formal Can use 1st person pronouns Subjective	The structure is determined by the objective of the task.
Research Paper	To focus on an issue To make consistent contention	Peer and professionals Students Academicians	Neutral language Informative Understanding	Title page Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Conclusions Acknowledgements References
Dissertations	To display the ability of displaying the research findings and analysis of the data and other existing theories	Academician Researcher	Formal Logical arguments Consistent flow of idea	Preliminary Pages: Title page Abstract Copyright Dedication Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviation Acknowledgements Main Body: Main text Methodology Results and Discussion Conclusion References Appendices
Quiz	Evaluation of student’s knowledge about the subject matter	Academician	MCQ	Online

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