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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Exploded diagrams
Definition by components
Justification
Indirect pattern
2. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Resume
Tutorial
Solicited
Problem Solution (Method)
3. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Expanded
Gantt charts
Memo
Temporal Method
4. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical writing
Feasibility reports
Informative Abstract
Bowl
5. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Resume
Primary source
Exploded diagrams
Reliability of source
6. 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.
Bar graphs
User manuals
Black spaces
Sentence
7. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Temporal Method
Progress reports
Inside address
Motivated Method
8. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Sales
Memo
Bar graphs
Hard evidence
9. The height of the uppercase letters.
Cap height
Causal Method
Jargon
Technical brief
10. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Negation
Analytical reports
Feasibility reports
Exploded diagrams
11. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Spatial sequence
Compound sentence
Widow
Progress reports
12. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Parenthetical definition
Semi tech
Table of Contents
Widow
13. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Informational reports
Process analysis
Closing
Informal reports
14. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Visuals
Jargon
Schematic diagrams
Closing
15. Should be determined before writing
Bar graphs
Purpose and audience
Justification
Compound sentence
16. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Gantt charts
Visuals
Etymology
Technical brief
17. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Topical Method
Letters of complaint
Jargon
Spatial Method
18. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Definition by components
Closing
Descender
Exploded diagrams
19. Written step by step instructions
Cap height
Flowchart
Sequential
Claim Letters
20. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Memo
Functional sequence
Descender
Feasibility reports
21. Show steps in process
User manuals
Flowchart
Abstract
Process analysis
22. Explaining how the item works
Claim Letters
Functional sequence
Soft evidence
Operation
23. 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.
Informational reports
Chronological sequence
Glossary
Procedures
24. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Etymology
Informative Abstract
Serif
Functional sequence
25. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Topical Method
Descriptive
Formal Internal
Functional sequence
26. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Long proposals
Feasibility
Unsolicited
27. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Cause and effect
Sentence definition
Solicited
Conclusion
28. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Justification
Archaic terms
Bar graphs
Primary audience
29. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Job Application
Feasibility reports
Sentence definition
Instructions
30. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Bar graphs
Progress reports
Sales
Conclusion
31. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Expanded
Spatial Method
Sentence definition
Independent clause
32. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Justification
Chronological sequence
Serif
Grant
33. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Abstract
Descriptive Abstract
Soft evidence
Descender
34. The origin of the word
Etymology
Memo
Process narrative
Chronological sequence
35. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Informative
Hard evidence
Laboratory reports
Ethical Tech
36. A subject-oriented description
Direct Pattern
Informational reports
Process analysis
Gray spaces
37. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Hard evidence
Business letter structure
Letters of complaint
38. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Spatial Method
Grant
Inside address
X-height
39. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Cap height
Schematic diagrams
Formal reports
Informal reports
40. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Descriptive Abstract
Resume
Internal document
Operation
41. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Direct Pattern
Analytical reports
Operator's manuals
Formal reports
42. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Abstract
Feasibility
Compound-complex sentence
Causal Method
43. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Solicited
Training manuals
Direct Pattern
Titles
44. Written for skilled and unskilled
Soft evidence
Parenthetical
High tech doc
User manuals
45. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Temporal Method
Working definition
Routine Internal
Direct Pattern
46. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
Technical brief
Parenthetical
Tutorial
Topical Method
47. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Expanded
Descriptive Abstract
Internal document
Letters of complaint
48. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Process narrative
Audience analysis
Black spaces
Nontech
49. Steps to complete a task
Inside address
Instructions
Analytical reports
Descender
50. 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
Inquiry Letters
Expanded
Nontech