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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Feasibility report structure
Motivated Method
Orphan
Inquiry Letters
2. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Executive
Feasibility reports
Compound-complex sentence
Letters of complaint
3. 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...
Emphatic
Analytical reports
Flowchart
Appendix
4. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Analytical reports
Laboratory reports
Working definition
Compound sentence
5. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Hard evidence
Cause and effect
Causal Method
Secondary source
6. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Inside address
Audience analysis
Questions for progress report
7. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Cap height
RFI
Bar graphs
8. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Orphan
Process description
Letters of inquiry
Service manuals
9. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Expanded
Justification
Feasibility reports
Informative Abstract
10. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Expanded
Formal reports
Sentence
11. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Cap height
Routine Internal
Descender
Orphan
12. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Procedures
Questions for progress report
RFI
Ethical Tech
13. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Bar graphs
Sequential
Laboratory reports
Gantt charts
14. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Emphatic
Technical writing
Operation
Training manuals
15. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Feasibility report structure
Bowl
Process analysis
Expanded
16. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Technical brief
Laboratory reports
Process description
External document
17. Steps to complete a task
Claim Letters
Widow
Inquiry Letters
Instructions
18. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Expanded
Abstract
Sales
Independent clause
19. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Jargon
Problem Solution (Method)
Parenthetical definition
Internal document
20. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Instructions
Letters of inquiry
Line graphs
Formal Internal
21. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Executive
Exploded diagrams
Analytical reports
Unsolicited
22. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Letters of inquiry
Semitechnical presentations
Feasibility reports
Feasibility
23. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Primary source
Cause and effect
Formal Internal
Informational reports
24. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Line graphs
Indirect pattern
Technical writing
Informative
25. Explaining how the item works
Secondary audience
Table of Contents
Operation
Letters of inquiry
26. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Justification
Pictograms
Formal Internal
Claim Letters
27. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Process description
Descender
Definition by components
Jargon
28. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
Emphatic
Sales
Glossary
29. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Chronological sequence
Sentence definition
Primary source
Semitechnical presentations
30. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Subordinate clause
Problem Solution (Method)
Expanded
Gantt charts
31. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Feasibility reports
High tech doc
Schematic diagrams
Archaic terms
32. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Sentence definition
Questions for feasibility report
Indirect pattern
Black spaces
33. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Closing
Sentence definition
Analytical reports
Appendix
34. 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
Functional sequence
Instructions
Schematic diagrams
35. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Primary audience
Independent clause
Definition by components
Gantt charts
36. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Instructions
Secondary audience
Widow
Operator's manuals
37. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Procedures
Pictograms
Service manuals
Titles
38. Written for skilled and unskilled
Descriptive
Tutorial
Unsolicited
User manuals
39. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Descriptive Abstract
Technical writing
Schematic diagrams
Visuals
40. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Semi tech
Functional sequence
Sales
Motivated Method
41. 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.
Topical Method
Serif
Motivated Method
Indirect pattern
42. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Exploded diagrams
Compound-complex sentence
Abstract
Feasibility reports
43. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Archaic terms
Independent clause
Justification
Purpose and audience
44. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Technical writing
Hard evidence
Routine Internal
Informative
45. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Job Application
Functional sequence
Nontech
Soft evidence
46. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Informal reports
Functional sequence
Secondary source
Abstract
47. Areas that are occupied by text.
Job Application
Informative
Gray spaces
Cause and effect
48. Simplified description of a term.
Working definition
X-height
Technical brief
Definition by components
49. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Definition by components
Letters of complaint
Semitechnical presentations
50. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Definition by components
Memo
Technical brief
Routine Internal