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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Letters of complaint
Inquiry Letters
Internal document
2. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Informational reports
Audience analysis
Informative
Feasibility report structure
3. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Ascender
Jargon
Glossary
Emphatic
4. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Etymology
Bar graphs
Technical brief
Chronological sequence
5. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Table of Contents
Expanded
Laboratory reports
Schematic diagrams
6. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Titles
Parenthetical
Spatial sequence
Solicited
7. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Technical writing
Visuals
Abstract
Definition by components
8. Explaining how the item works
Indirect pattern
Instructions
Reliability of source
Operation
9. 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.
Questions for feasibility report
Glossary
Motivated Method
Technical writing
10. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Process narrative
Unsolicited
Sequential
Executive
11. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Informal reports
Formal reports
Justification
Formal Internal
12. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Expanded definition
Negation
Formal Internal
Informational reports
13. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Justification
Formal reports
Flowchart
Compound-complex sentence
14. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
RFI
Closing
Inside address
15. Should be determined before writing
Technical brief
Line graphs
Informative Abstract
Purpose and audience
16. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Pictograms
Training manuals
Motivated Method
Sentence definition
17. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Compound-complex sentence
Memo
Feasibility reports
Motivated Method
18. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Sequential
Temporal Method
Inside address
Sales
19. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Archaic terms
Descriptive Abstract
Long proposals
Questions for feasibility report
20. Simplified description of a term.
Spatial sequence
Memo
Bowl
Working definition
21. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Long proposals
Topical Method
Questions for progress report
Inside address
22. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Visuals
Informative Abstract
Memo
Ethical Tech
23. 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...
Archaic terms
Justification
Appendix
Feasibility reports
24. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Parenthetical
Orphan
Problem Solution (Method)
Hard evidence
25. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Questions for feasibility report
Formal reports
Job Application
Reliability of source
26. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Problem Solution (Method)
Widow
Emphatic
Formal reports
27. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Descender
Soft evidence
Serif
Informative
28. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Gray spaces
Cap height
X-height
Sales
29. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Questions for feasibility report
Visuals
Temporal Method
External document
30. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Soft evidence
Executive
Ethical Tech
Resume
31. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Informational reports
Spatial sequence
Sentence definition
Technical writing
32. Show steps in process
Table of Contents
Flowchart
Expanded definition
Subordinate clause
33. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Expanded definition
Reliability of source
Descriptive Abstract
Sales
34. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Ascender
Independent clause
Direct Pattern
External document
35. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Executive
Formal reports
Reliability of source
Feasibility report structure
36. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Unsolicited
Titles
Schematic diagrams
Reliability of source
37. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Subordinate clause
Memo
Independent clause
38. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Subordinate clause
Closing
Instructions
Internal document
39. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Soft evidence
Audience analysis
Secondary source
Formal reports
40. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Operator's manuals
Progress reports
Instructions
Technical writing
41. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Executive
Indirect pattern
Primary source
Hard evidence
42. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Subordinate clause
Compound sentence
Motivated Method
Semitechnical presentations
43. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Analytical reports
Spatial Method
Sales
Feasibility report structure
44. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Letters of complaint
Memo
Informational reports
Chronological sequence
45. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Tutorial
Ethical Tech
Direct Pattern
Inquiry Letters
46. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Etymology
Compound-complex sentence
Indirect pattern
Subordinate clause
47. 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.
Formal reports
Memo
Feasibility
Sentence
48. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Resume
Abstract
Semitechnical presentations
Sentence
49. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Bowl
Functional sequence
Definition by components
Progress reports
50. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Process narrative
Widow
Direct Pattern
Secondary audience
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