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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Semitechnical presentations
Gantt charts
Schematic diagrams
Letters of complaint
2. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Primary source
Secondary audience
Nontech
Emphatic
3. 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.
Job Application
Solicited
Sentence
Schematic diagrams
4. Should be determined before writing
Feasibility
Internal document
Training manuals
Purpose and audience
5. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Resume
Feasibility
Letters of complaint
User manuals
6. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Definition by components
Semitechnical presentations
Descriptive
Etymology
7. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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8. 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.
Sentence
Glossary
Purpose and audience
Long proposals
9. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Ascender
Spatial Method
Informative
Grant
10. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Technical writing
Semitechnical presentations
Primary audience
Table of Contents
11. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Spatial Method
Primary audience
Table of Contents
Nontech
12. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Spatial sequence
Routine Internal
Expanded definition
Nontech
13. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Orphan
Closing
Informative
Unsolicited
14. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Procedures
Gray spaces
Parenthetical definition
Memo
15. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Closing
Direct Pattern
Working definition
Descriptive
16. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Claim Letters
Laboratory reports
Cap height
17. 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.
Motivated Method
Descriptive
Schematic diagrams
Problem Solution (Method)
18. 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...
Primary audience
Line graphs
Appendix
Causal Method
19. Written step by step instructions
Sequential
Informational reports
Hard evidence
Topical Method
20. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Job Application
RFI
Emphatic
Titles
21. A subject-oriented description
Process analysis
Archaic terms
Questions for progress report
Exploded diagrams
22. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Nontech
Audience analysis
Feasibility
Operator's manuals
23. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Emphatic
Technical writing
Secondary audience
24. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Reliability of source
Analytical reports
Primary source
Conclusion
25. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Technical brief
Ascender
Process narrative
Business letter structure
26. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Appendix
Questions for progress report
Procedures
Definition by components
27. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Process description
User manuals
Informal reports
28. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Unsolicited
Emphatic
Serif
Definition by components
29. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Claim Letters
Problem Solution (Method)
Nontech
Secondary source
30. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Subordinate clause
Exploded diagrams
Sales
Service manuals
31. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Spatial Method
Black spaces
Analytical reports
32. A single line carried over the top of a column
Expanded definition
User manuals
Widow
Pictograms
33. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Problem Solution (Method)
External document
Formal Internal
Orphan
34. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Executive
Ethical Tech
Inquiry Letters
Feasibility
35. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Audience analysis
Cap height
Informational reports
Unsolicited
36. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Descriptive
Technical writing
Temporal Method
Feasibility reports
37. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Informative Abstract
Technical brief
Process analysis
Descriptive Abstract
38. Steps to complete a task
Etymology
Secondary source
Semi tech
Instructions
39. 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
Etymology
Long proposals
Bowl
Formal reports
40. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
Direct Pattern
Semi tech
Serif
41. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Line graphs
Pictograms
Visuals
Conclusion
42. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Table of Contents
Informative
Schematic diagrams
Parenthetical
43. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Justification
Titles
Descriptive
Spatial sequence
44. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Internal document
Descender
Conclusion
External document
45. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Definition by components
Spatial sequence
Sequential
Cause and effect
46. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Direct Pattern
Indirect pattern
Business letter structure
Primary audience
47. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Closing
Problem Solution (Method)
Feasibility reports
Parenthetical
48. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Audience analysis
Cause and effect
Compound-complex sentence
Solicited
49. The height of the uppercase letters.
Nontech
Titles
Cap height
Descriptive
50. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Descriptive
Working definition
Sales
Secondary source