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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive
Informative
Sales
Hard evidence
2. The origin of the word
Exploded diagrams
Motivated Method
Etymology
Secondary audience
3. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Process narrative
Analytical reports
Questions for feasibility report
Descriptive Abstract
4. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Secondary source
Parenthetical definition
Feasibility reports
Soft evidence
5. Requests for information.
Reliability of source
Descriptive Abstract
RFI
Definition by components
6. Should be determined before writing
Sales
Purpose and audience
High tech doc
X-height
7. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Secondary source
Progress reports
Emphatic
Semitechnical presentations
8. Areas that are occupied by text.
Jargon
Gray spaces
Unsolicited
Justification
9. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Gantt charts
RFI
Formal reports
Glossary
10. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Routine Internal
Training manuals
Questions for progress report
Reliability of source
11. Show steps in process
Formal reports
High tech doc
Topical Method
Flowchart
12. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Schematic diagrams
Nontech
Soft evidence
13. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Process description
Informational reports
Descender
Resume
14. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Progress reports
Etymology
Titles
Justification
15. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Visuals
Spatial sequence
Questions for progress report
Hard evidence
16. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Job Application
Soft evidence
Compound sentence
17. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
Long proposals
Feasibility
Inquiry Letters
18. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Purpose and audience
Glossary
Feasibility
Technical brief
19. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Purpose and audience
Definition by components
Training manuals
Table of Contents
20. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Memo
Expanded definition
Sales
Secondary source
21. Explaining how the item works
Etymology
Operation
Motivated Method
Temporal Method
22. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Titles
Expanded
Black spaces
Negation
23. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Feasibility report structure
Negation
Analytical reports
Informative
24. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Parenthetical
Soft evidence
Justification
Job Application
25. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Business letter structure
Training manuals
Causal Method
Expanded definition
26. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Sentence
Nontech
Feasibility
Archaic terms
27. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Widow
Pictograms
Primary audience
Etymology
28. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Operation
Informative Abstract
Flowchart
Archaic terms
29. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Hard evidence
Flowchart
Descriptive Abstract
Chronological sequence
30. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Sentence
Laboratory reports
Glossary
Exploded diagrams
31. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Descender
Parenthetical
Spatial sequence
Descriptive Abstract
32. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Direct Pattern
Flowchart
Secondary audience
Claim Letters
33. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Laboratory reports
Soft evidence
Jargon
Memo
34. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Definition by components
Resume
Solicited
Ethical Tech
35. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Definition by components
Purpose and audience
Bar graphs
Letters of complaint
36. Defines following this pattern: Indicate the item - what class it belongs to - and what makes it different than other in that class (if more than 4 terms) . Placed in glossary.
Chronological sequence
Sentence
Service manuals
Compound-complex sentence
37. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Line graphs
Sentence definition
Grant
Abstract
38. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Independent clause
Working definition
Gantt charts
Reliability of source
39. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Problem Solution (Method)
Semi tech
Informative
Operator's manuals
40. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Solicited
Gantt charts
Serif
Black spaces
41. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Feasibility
Etymology
Audience analysis
Semi tech
42. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Service manuals
Internal document
Letters of inquiry
Parenthetical definition
43. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Claim Letters
Emphatic
Solicited
Problem Solution (Method)
44. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Inquiry Letters
Negation
Sales
Solicited
45. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Compound sentence
Gantt charts
Informative
X-height
46. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Spatial Method
Routine Internal
Serif
Table of Contents
47. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Parenthetical
Semi tech
Black spaces
Procedures
48. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Table of Contents
Operator's manuals
Cause and effect
Exploded diagrams
49. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Reliability of source
X-height
Causal Method
Negation
50. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Inquiry Letters
Progress reports
Internal document