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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Sentence definition
Direct Pattern
Orphan
Reliability of source
2. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Feasibility
Internal document
Independent clause
Questions for feasibility report
3. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Procedures
Grant
Sequential
Titles
4. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Semi tech
Internal document
Closing
Visuals
5. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Direct Pattern
Parenthetical
Inquiry Letters
Formal Internal
6. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Business letter structure
Sentence definition
Formal Internal
Causal Method
7. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Descriptive
Procedures
Secondary source
Informational reports
8. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Secondary audience
Visuals
Compound sentence
Sentence
9. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Negation
Compound-complex sentence
Informational reports
Closing
10. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Problem Solution (Method)
Audience analysis
Glossary
Hard evidence
11. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Expanded
Abstract
Pictograms
Closing
12. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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13. Show steps in process
Formal reports
Flowchart
Purpose and audience
Questions for progress report
14. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Pictograms
Resume
Descriptive Abstract
Table of Contents
15. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Informal reports
High tech doc
User manuals
16. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Routine Internal
Sentence definition
Flowchart
Secondary source
17. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
Independent clause
Executive
Visuals
18. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Chronological sequence
Semi tech
Executive
19. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Bowl
Operation
RFI
Jargon
20. 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...
Sentence
Process narrative
Appendix
Laboratory reports
21. Should be determined before writing
Ascender
Purpose and audience
Procedures
Black spaces
22. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Formal Internal
User manuals
Feasibility report structure
Motivated Method
23. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Operator's manuals
Training manuals
Process description
Informative
24. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Secondary audience
Subordinate clause
Jargon
Expanded
25. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Operation
Schematic diagrams
Bowl
Soft evidence
26. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Bar graphs
Technical brief
Cause and effect
Glossary
27. Requests for information.
RFI
Questions for feasibility report
Chronological sequence
Executive
28. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Job Application
Subordinate clause
Technical writing
Letters of complaint
29. The origin of the word
Hard evidence
Etymology
Bar graphs
Motivated Method
30. Hold graphics.
Black spaces
External document
Feasibility report structure
Formal reports
31. Afive pointer speech - 1 - get attetion; 2 - establish problem; 3 - satisfy the need; 4 - visualize the need answered in future; 5 - ask action from audience.
Formal reports
Motivated Method
Descriptive Abstract
Visuals
32. 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
Parenthetical
Long proposals
Questions for feasibility report
Subordinate clause
33. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Emphatic
Analytical reports
Progress reports
Primary audience
34. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Semi tech
Causal Method
RFI
High tech doc
35. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Black spaces
Internal document
Schematic diagrams
Primary source
36. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Analytical reports
Definition by components
Compound sentence
Expanded
37. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Visuals
Letters of inquiry
Flowchart
Bar graphs
38. Show trends and changes over time
High tech doc
Parenthetical definition
Line graphs
Serif
39. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Reliability of source
Technical brief
Semitechnical presentations
Procedures
40. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Technical writing
Primary audience
Ethical Tech
Feasibility
41. Explaining how the item works
Closing
Informational reports
Job Application
Operation
42. Simplified description of a term.
RFI
Secondary source
Business letter structure
Working definition
43. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Informative
Solicited
Letters of inquiry
Jargon
44. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Semi tech
Descriptive Abstract
Tutorial
Indirect pattern
45. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Technical brief
Feasibility reports
Nontech
Executive
46. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Training manuals
Executive
Orphan
Sentence
47. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Justification
Analytical reports
Temporal Method
Flowchart
48. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Informative Abstract
Spatial Method
Temporal Method
Descriptive Abstract
49. A subject-oriented description
Motivated Method
Jargon
Process analysis
Laboratory reports
50. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Ethical Tech
Operation
High tech doc
Topical Method