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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Parenthetical definition
Chronological sequence
Reliability of source
Operator's manuals
2. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Letters of complaint
Inquiry Letters
Archaic terms
Gray spaces
3. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Parenthetical definition
Bowl
Semi tech
Gantt charts
4. A subject-oriented description
Operation
Descriptive
Process narrative
Process analysis
5. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Grant
Inside address
Etymology
Laboratory reports
6. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Sales
X-height
Independent clause
Service manuals
7. The height of the uppercase letters.
Appendix
Process narrative
Feasibility report structure
Cap height
8. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Direct Pattern
Orphan
Procedures
Visuals
9. Simplified description of a term.
User manuals
Routine Internal
Working definition
X-height
10. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Letters of inquiry
Sales
Inside address
Informative
11. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Routine Internal
Semitechnical presentations
Hard evidence
Grant
12. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Reliability of source
Exploded diagrams
Ascender
Negation
13. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Closing
Orphan
Semitechnical presentations
Resume
14. 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.
Secondary audience
Descender
Job Application
Glossary
15. Written for skilled and unskilled
Feasibility report structure
User manuals
Training manuals
Definition by components
16. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Expanded
Audience analysis
Primary audience
Titles
17. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Topical Method
Independent clause
Spatial Method
Memo
18. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Process analysis
X-height
Functional sequence
Indirect pattern
19. 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.
Service manuals
Sentence
Gantt charts
Widow
20. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Emphatic
Sales
Etymology
Functional sequence
21. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Jargon
Direct Pattern
Job Application
Motivated Method
22. 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
Parenthetical
Exploded diagrams
Definition by components
23. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Abstract
Purpose and audience
Informative
Progress reports
24. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
RFI
Informative Abstract
Parenthetical definition
Unsolicited
25. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Working definition
Causal Method
Expanded
Formal reports
26. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Bar graphs
Temporal Method
Feasibility report structure
Inside address
27. An expert to another expert
Sentence
Instructions
Table of Contents
High tech doc
28. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Black spaces
Indirect pattern
Nontech
Memo
29. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Business letter structure
Claim Letters
Sentence
Informal reports
30. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Hard evidence
Unsolicited
Descriptive Abstract
Formal Internal
31. Should be determined before writing
Purpose and audience
Spatial sequence
Visuals
Formal Internal
32. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Technical brief
Secondary audience
Questions for feasibility report
Soft evidence
33. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Training manuals
Primary audience
Pictograms
Sentence
34. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Flowchart
Appendix
Spatial sequence
Spatial Method
35. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Expanded definition
Jargon
Long proposals
Solicited
36. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Feasibility report structure
Letters of inquiry
Nontech
Long proposals
37. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Informational reports
Feasibility reports
Feasibility report structure
Etymology
38. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Executive
Sales
Resume
Motivated Method
39. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Informative
Table of Contents
Emphatic
Cap height
40. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Closing
Direct Pattern
Sequential
41. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Schematic diagrams
Analytical reports
Compound sentence
Cap height
42. Areas that are occupied by text.
Gray spaces
Progress reports
Secondary source
External document
43. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Widow
Chronological sequence
Etymology
44. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Emphatic
Technical brief
Resume
Nontech
45. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Informative
Long proposals
Descriptive
Jargon
46. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Sales
Claim Letters
Titles
47. Self study guide for the users of the product
Tutorial
Independent clause
Parenthetical definition
Justification
48. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Informational reports
Functional sequence
Conclusion
Job Application
49. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Business letter structure
Ascender
Audience analysis
Independent clause
50. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
High tech doc
Compound-complex sentence
Primary audience
Topical Method