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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Gantt charts
Hard evidence
Compound sentence
Subordinate clause
2. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Appendix
Negation
Definition by components
Motivated Method
3. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Secondary source
Formal reports
Instructions
Semitechnical presentations
4. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Informal reports
Causal Method
Justification
Glossary
5. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Analytical reports
Informative Abstract
Chronological sequence
Process analysis
6. Self study guide for the users of the product
Informational reports
Tutorial
Primary audience
Glossary
7. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Secondary audience
Primary source
Semitechnical presentations
Procedures
8. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Sales
Process analysis
Resume
Visuals
9. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Audience analysis
Causal Method
Letters of complaint
Pictograms
10. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Parenthetical
Formal Internal
Black spaces
Operation
11. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Process analysis
Glossary
Audience analysis
Causal Method
12. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Jargon
Informative Abstract
Glossary
Process narrative
13. A subject-oriented description
Topical Method
Process analysis
Business letter structure
Primary audience
14. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Abstract
Laboratory reports
Inquiry Letters
Secondary audience
15. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Sales
Subordinate clause
External document
Appendix
16. 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.
Direct Pattern
Pictograms
Motivated Method
Resume
17. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Emphatic
Compound sentence
Informative
Analytical reports
18. 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.
Problem Solution (Method)
Glossary
Archaic terms
Descriptive
19. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Bowl
Descriptive
RFI
Widow
20. An expert to another expert
Informational reports
Pictograms
Negation
High tech doc
21. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Operation
Feasibility report structure
Compound sentence
Internal document
22. The height of the uppercase letters.
Topical Method
Functional sequence
Emphatic
Cap height
23. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Compound sentence
Process narrative
Appendix
Gantt charts
24. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Etymology
Conclusion
Process analysis
Ethical Tech
25. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Ethical Tech
Primary audience
Informative
External document
26. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Sentence definition
X-height
Executive
Sales
27. Written for skilled and unskilled
User manuals
Etymology
Training manuals
Questions for progress report
28. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Bar graphs
Letters of inquiry
Service manuals
Etymology
29. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Reliability of source
Negation
Internal document
Laboratory reports
30. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Resume
Reliability of source
Emphatic
Justification
31. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Tutorial
Technical brief
Feasibility reports
Appendix
32. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Routine Internal
Letters of complaint
Reliability of source
Problem Solution (Method)
33. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Temporal Method
Independent clause
Job Application
Technical brief
34. Describing how a mechanism works
Unsolicited
Process narrative
Primary audience
Functional sequence
35. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Grant
Compound-complex sentence
Direct Pattern
Glossary
36. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Titles
Progress reports
Instructions
Justification
37. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Questions for feasibility report
Spatial Method
Nontech
Visuals
38. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Appendix
Progress reports
Table of Contents
Descriptive
39. Simplified description of a term.
Titles
Job Application
Working definition
Orphan
40. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Definition by components
Procedures
Inquiry Letters
Questions for progress report
41. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Orphan
Formal Internal
User manuals
Long proposals
42. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Descriptive Abstract
Formal Internal
Training manuals
Letters of complaint
43. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Process description
Informative
High tech doc
Compound-complex sentence
44. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Bowl
Visuals
Sentence
Titles
45. Steps to complete a task
Primary source
Grant
Instructions
Formal reports
46. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Sales
Operator's manuals
External document
Job Application
47. 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
Grant
Hard evidence
Informative Abstract
48. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Operation
Abstract
Functional sequence
Closing
49. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Causal Method
Soft evidence
Process narrative
Cap height
50. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Instructions
Process description
Problem Solution (Method)
Primary audience