The report/essay should be easy to read, clear and logical. Use short, simple sentences, ideally less than 20 words each. Start with a general outline: Introduction, Methods (normally not in a review), Results, Discussion, Conclusion (optional). Delete what is not necessary. Good style is more important (and gets a better mark) than the word count. Ask yourself: what do you want to say? What do you want to tell your reader? If written this way, would you have understood it 3 months ago? Eac...