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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Problem Solution (Method)
Letters of inquiry
Expanded definition
Descriptive
2. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Ascender
Feasibility reports
External document
Motivated Method
3. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Gray spaces
Claim Letters
Informational reports
Semitechnical presentations
4. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Inquiry Letters
Temporal Method
Grant
Descriptive Abstract
5. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Causal Method
Expanded definition
Questions for feasibility report
Emphatic
6. Written step by step instructions
Informative Abstract
Sequential
Purpose and audience
Claim Letters
7. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Compound-complex sentence
Nontech
Informal reports
Archaic terms
8. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
9. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Job Application
Service manuals
Appendix
Soft evidence
10. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Spatial Method
Widow
Negation
Feasibility report structure
11. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
X-height
Bowl
High tech doc
12. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Visuals
Spatial sequence
Routine Internal
Abstract
13. Show trends and changes over time
Indirect pattern
Line graphs
Jargon
Motivated Method
14. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Expanded
Pictograms
Independent clause
Direct Pattern
15. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Exploded diagrams
Orphan
Technical brief
Operator's manuals
16. Self study guide for the users of the product
Tutorial
Nontech
Sales
Definition by components
17. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Informative Abstract
Parenthetical
External document
Secondary audience
18. The height of the uppercase letters.
User manuals
X-height
Chronological sequence
Cap height
19. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
X-height
Closing
Gray spaces
Resume
20. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Informative Abstract
Technical writing
Ethical Tech
Compound sentence
21. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Purpose and audience
Hard evidence
Descender
Feasibility
22. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Definition by components
Table of Contents
Primary source
Process analysis
23. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Reliability of source
Questions for progress report
Justification
Audience analysis
24. Show steps in process
Descender
Routine Internal
Jargon
Flowchart
25. Explaining how the item works
High tech doc
Semitechnical presentations
Tutorial
Operation
26. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Purpose and audience
Pictograms
Process narrative
Internal document
27. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Exploded diagrams
Conclusion
Problem Solution (Method)
Pictograms
28. An expert to another expert
Spatial Method
High tech doc
Closing
Bowl
29. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Bar graphs
Informal reports
User manuals
Orphan
30. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Service manuals
Informative Abstract
X-height
Semi tech
31. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
RFI
Negation
Chronological sequence
Subordinate clause
32. Hold graphics.
Primary audience
Archaic terms
Black spaces
Bowl
33. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Serif
Expanded definition
Hard evidence
Direct Pattern
34. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Emphatic
Laboratory reports
Exploded diagrams
Tutorial
35. Should be determined before writing
Conclusion
Purpose and audience
Justification
Soft evidence
36. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Secondary audience
RFI
Letters of complaint
Formal reports
37. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Problem Solution (Method)
Long proposals
Analytical reports
High tech doc
38. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Routine Internal
Working definition
Visuals
Internal document
39. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Unsolicited
Gantt charts
Process narrative
Pictograms
40. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Spatial Method
Technical brief
Closing
Sequential
41. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Executive
Widow
Routine Internal
42. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Schematic diagrams
Informal reports
Semi tech
External document
43. A single line carried over the top of a column
Business letter structure
Functional sequence
Working definition
Widow
44. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Audience analysis
Sales
Glossary
Questions for feasibility report
45. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Service manuals
Laboratory reports
Training manuals
Temporal Method
46. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Exploded diagrams
Semitechnical presentations
Topical Method
Informative
47. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Hard evidence
Formal reports
X-height
Abstract
48. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Parenthetical definition
Flowchart
Titles
Procedures
49. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Process analysis
Definition by components
Spatial sequence
Soft evidence
50. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Problem Solution (Method)
Direct Pattern
Ethical Tech
Line graphs