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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Subordinate clause
Serif
Chronological sequence
Primary source
2. Alphabetical - lists definitions of words - Short and precise definitions - Required if there are more than 5 terms in need of definitions. They should be defined in the text or as a footnote as well.
Problem Solution (Method)
Inquiry Letters
Line graphs
Glossary
3. Requests for information.
X-height
Parenthetical
Primary source
RFI
4. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Visuals
Expanded
Informal reports
Training manuals
5. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Procedures
Bar graphs
Resume
Flowchart
6. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Indirect pattern
User manuals
Unsolicited
Business letter structure
7. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Definition by components
Ascender
Sentence definition
Process narrative
8. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Archaic terms
Training manuals
Jargon
Compound-complex sentence
9. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Routine Internal
Unsolicited
Primary audience
Causal Method
10. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Sentence definition
Archaic terms
Widow
Black spaces
11. Areas that are occupied by text.
Gray spaces
Gantt charts
Sequential
Descender
12. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Compound sentence
Closing
Letters of complaint
User manuals
13. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Direct Pattern
Functional sequence
Nontech
Cause and effect
14. Simplified description of a term.
Descriptive
Primary source
Working definition
Indirect pattern
15. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Pictograms
Negation
Descender
Unsolicited
16. Clarifies information presented in the document. Sometimes more than one is needed. If so - they must be in order that they appear in the text - and each is named A - B - etc...
Secondary source
Appendix
Abstract
Orphan
17. Written for skilled and unskilled
Service manuals
User manuals
Analytical reports
Bowl
18. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Working definition
Closing
Exploded diagrams
19. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Job Application
Technical writing
Compound-complex sentence
Inquiry Letters
20. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Definition by components
Business letter structure
Ethical Tech
Solicited
21. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Descender
Questions for progress report
Spatial sequence
Process narrative
22. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Procedures
Subordinate clause
Secondary source
Compound-complex sentence
23. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Solicited
Compound-complex sentence
Informative Abstract
Inside address
24. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Inside address
Purpose and audience
Letters of complaint
Temporal Method
25. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Memo
Gantt charts
Jargon
Emphatic
26. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Analytical reports
Inside address
Conclusion
Progress reports
27. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Sentence
Conclusion
Descriptive
28. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Compound sentence
Inside address
Grant
Parenthetical definition
29. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Cap height
X-height
Definition by components
Gray spaces
30. A subject-oriented description
Titles
Letters of inquiry
Process analysis
Temporal Method
31. The origin of the word
Training manuals
Etymology
Audience analysis
Flowchart
32. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
RFI
Progress reports
Conclusion
Visuals
33. Front matter - cover letter - title page - table of contents - body: summery - intro - problem - rationale - cost - expertise - responsibility - sales pitch - request for approval - conclusion back matter: appendix - bibliography - glossary
Long proposals
Negation
Functional sequence
Temporal Method
34. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Schematic diagrams
Temporal Method
Formal reports
Line graphs
35. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Reliability of source
Soft evidence
Informative Abstract
Claim Letters
36. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Procedures
Emphatic
Executive
Archaic terms
37. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Subordinate clause
Abstract
Definition by components
Sentence
38. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Negation
Appendix
Orphan
Sequential
39. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Schematic diagrams
Informal reports
Jargon
Glossary
40. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Flowchart
Laboratory reports
Descender
Tutorial
41. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Visuals
Expanded definition
Exploded diagrams
42. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Resume
Subordinate clause
External document
Independent clause
43. An expert to another expert
Letters of complaint
Descender
High tech doc
Topical Method
44. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Spatial Method
Informative Abstract
Indirect pattern
Cause and effect
45. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Semi tech
Routine Internal
Exploded diagrams
Unsolicited
46. Should be determined before writing
Primary source
Definition by components
Emphatic
Purpose and audience
47. A single line carried over the top of a column
Widow
Service manuals
Semitechnical presentations
Informative
48. Steps to complete a task
Compound sentence
Functional sequence
Instructions
Claim Letters
49. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Secondary audience
Black spaces
Claim Letters
Technical brief
50. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Chronological sequence
Motivated Method
Internal document
Emphatic
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