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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
X-height
Bowl
Descriptive Abstract
2. 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.
X-height
Claim Letters
Motivated Method
Primary source
3. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Procedures
Archaic terms
External document
Sentence definition
4. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Semi tech
Letters of complaint
Causal Method
Descender
5. Requests for information.
Informative
Reliability of source
RFI
Feasibility
6. 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 definition
Sequential
Flowchart
Long proposals
7. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Visuals
Executive
Procedures
Reliability of source
8. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Spatial sequence
Internal document
Formal reports
Reliability of source
9. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical writing
Exploded diagrams
User manuals
Sequential
10. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Training manuals
Technical writing
Serif
Internal document
11. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Technical writing
Training manuals
Descender
Informational reports
12. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Unsolicited
High tech doc
Formal reports
Instructions
13. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Justification
Semitechnical presentations
Exploded diagrams
Definition by components
14. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Negation
Topical Method
Process description
Analytical reports
15. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Serif
Pictograms
Compound-complex sentence
Bar graphs
16. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Analytical reports
Orphan
Closing
Temporal Method
17. Written for skilled and unskilled
Inquiry Letters
Inside address
Feasibility report structure
User manuals
18. Simplified description of a term.
Cap height
Laboratory reports
Working definition
Informative Abstract
19. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Functional sequence
Sales
Business letter structure
Visuals
20. Describing how a mechanism works
Working definition
Letters of inquiry
Technical brief
Functional sequence
21. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Table of Contents
Compound-complex sentence
Ethical Tech
Feasibility report structure
22. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Causal Method
Cause and effect
Jargon
Flowchart
23. The origin of the word
Ethical Tech
Informative Abstract
Ascender
Etymology
24. A single line carried over the top of a column
Causal Method
Working definition
Widow
Bar graphs
25. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Gantt charts
Solicited
Justification
Unsolicited
26. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Business letter structure
Informational reports
Semitechnical presentations
Letters of complaint
27. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Operation
Grant
Questions for feasibility report
Resume
28. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
Bowl
Service manuals
RFI
29. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Functional sequence
Expanded
Appendix
30. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Schematic diagrams
Bar graphs
Appendix
Questions for progress report
31. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Service manuals
Executive
Informative
Tutorial
32. Steps to complete a task
Formal Internal
Instructions
Sentence definition
Operator's manuals
33. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Primary source
Gantt charts
Expanded
Secondary audience
34. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Letters of inquiry
Flowchart
Working definition
Expanded
35. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Analytical reports
Informative
Jargon
Informational reports
36. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Technical brief
Inquiry Letters
External document
Resume
37. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Secondary source
Expanded definition
Flowchart
Sentence
38. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Orphan
Claim Letters
Tutorial
Justification
39. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Feasibility report structure
Parenthetical definition
Semi tech
Ethical Tech
40. The height of the uppercase letters.
Feasibility reports
Grant
Cap height
Orphan
41. 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...
Chronological sequence
Sales
Functional sequence
Appendix
42. An expert to another expert
Jargon
High tech doc
Unsolicited
X-height
43. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Sequential
Formal Internal
Process description
Bar graphs
44. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Feasibility reports
Descriptive Abstract
Resume
Cap height
45. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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46. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Schematic diagrams
Inquiry Letters
Process description
Operator's manuals
47. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Technical writing
Indirect pattern
Process narrative
Tutorial
48. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
X-height
Process description
Conclusion
Instructions
49. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Executive
Informative Abstract
Orphan
Closing
50. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Flowchart
Archaic terms
Long proposals
Independent clause