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Technical Writing Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
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1. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive






2. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together






3. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.






4. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.






5. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted






6. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.






7. Ensure safety - how to evacuate






8. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.






9. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees






10. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article






11. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions






12. Describing how a mechanism works






13. An expert to another expert






14. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.






15. The origin of the word






16. External proposal requesting funding for a study






17. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.






18. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure






19. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.






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...






21. Steps to complete a task






22. Describes the process from the writer's point of view






23. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion






24. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.






25. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.






26. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.






27. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.






28. Simplified description of a term.






29. Written step by step instructions






30. 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.






31. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology






32. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)






33. Gives details before the main point of the memo






34. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.






35. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject






36. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job

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37. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.






38. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.






39. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.






40. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.






41. 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.






42. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.






43. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.






44. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests






45. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.






46. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)






47. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.






48. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.






49. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data






50. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.