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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Show trends and changes over time
Indirect pattern
Feasibility report structure
Jargon
Line graphs
2. Self study guide for the users of the product
Tutorial
Expanded
X-height
Sales
3. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Operation
Process description
Bowl
Semi tech
4. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Parenthetical
Questions for progress report
Secondary audience
Cause and effect
5. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Informative Abstract
Functional sequence
Flowchart
Expanded
6. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Primary source
Expanded
Sentence definition
Business letter structure
7. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Parenthetical definition
Technical writing
Expanded definition
Informative Abstract
8. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Process description
Solicited
Letters of inquiry
Job Application
9. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Chronological sequence
High tech doc
Emphatic
Justification
10. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Secondary source
Informative
Instructions
Direct Pattern
11. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Parenthetical
Spatial Method
Feasibility report structure
Process description
12. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Service manuals
High tech doc
Parenthetical definition
Executive
13. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Memo
RFI
Routine Internal
Descriptive Abstract
14. Written step by step instructions
Solicited
Emphatic
Internal document
Sequential
15. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Letters of inquiry
Functional sequence
Purpose and audience
Negation
16. Steps to complete a task
Visuals
Operator's manuals
Questions for feasibility report
Instructions
17. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Causal Method
Motivated Method
Definition by components
Spatial Method
18. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Sentence definition
Informal reports
Widow
Visuals
19. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Descender
Black spaces
Serif
Internal document
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...
Letters of inquiry
Appendix
Informative Abstract
Orphan
21. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Justification
Soft evidence
Conclusion
Feasibility
22. A subject-oriented description
Functional sequence
Emphatic
Sequential
Process analysis
23. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Etymology
Gray spaces
Compound sentence
Questions for progress report
24. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Orphan
Laboratory reports
Audience analysis
25. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
Bowl
Reliability of source
Sentence
26. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Soft evidence
Questions for progress report
Gray spaces
Unsolicited
27. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Process narrative
Sentence definition
Topical Method
Primary audience
28. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Flowchart
Temporal Method
Jargon
External document
29. Explaining how the item works
Bowl
Ascender
Semitechnical presentations
Operation
30. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Descriptive Abstract
Direct Pattern
Closing
Procedures
31. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Progress reports
Resume
Emphatic
RFI
32. An expert to another expert
Etymology
Widow
Training manuals
High tech doc
33. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Formal reports
Semitechnical presentations
Analytical reports
Cap height
34. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Descriptive
Job Application
Ethical Tech
Routine Internal
35. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
X-height
Procedures
Parenthetical
Black spaces
36. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Appendix
Progress reports
Independent clause
Ethical Tech
37. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Resume
Titles
Letters of complaint
Archaic terms
38. Show steps in process
Informal reports
Flowchart
Grant
Informative Abstract
39. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Routine Internal
Sentence
Cause and effect
Pictograms
40. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Expanded definition
Business letter structure
Table of Contents
Procedures
41. Should be determined before writing
Informative
Purpose and audience
Gantt charts
Line graphs
42. Hold graphics.
Ascender
Black spaces
Sequential
Parenthetical
43. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Resume
Pictograms
Secondary source
Operator's manuals
44. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Executive
Job Application
Schematic diagrams
Secondary audience
45. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Feasibility reports
Descriptive
Procedures
RFI
46. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Feasibility report structure
Executive
Widow
Claim Letters
47. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Semitechnical presentations
Expanded
Grant
Executive
48. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Feasibility report structure
Parenthetical definition
Independent clause
Temporal Method
49. A single line carried over the top of a column
Feasibility reports
Cap height
Business letter structure
Widow
50. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
Bar graphs
Sales
Independent clause
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