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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Temporal Method
Inside address
Business letter structure
Formal reports
2. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Primary source
Inside address
Gray spaces
Questions for feasibility report
3. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Purpose and audience
Direct Pattern
Informative
Feasibility report structure
4. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Feasibility
Bowl
RFI
Solicited
5. A single line carried over the top of a column
Compound-complex sentence
Resume
Formal reports
Widow
6. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Emphatic
Letters of complaint
Process analysis
Feasibility
7. Show steps in process
Chronological sequence
Feasibility
Working definition
Flowchart
8. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Parenthetical definition
Ethical Tech
Feasibility report structure
Service manuals
9. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Audience analysis
Schematic diagrams
Appendix
Negation
10. 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
Temporal Method
Line graphs
Process description
11. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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12. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
Topical Method
Operation
Informal reports
Service manuals
13. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Temporal Method
Closing
Internal document
Line graphs
14. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Tutorial
Causal Method
Feasibility report structure
Schematic diagrams
15. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Causal Method
Letters of complaint
Subordinate clause
16. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Formal Internal
Letters of complaint
Glossary
Parenthetical
17. Explaining how the item works
Table of Contents
Operation
Inquiry Letters
Parenthetical definition
18. The height of the uppercase letters.
Bowl
Internal document
Conclusion
Cap height
19. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Expanded
Semitechnical presentations
Operation
Procedures
20. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
High tech doc
Titles
Memo
21. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Topical Method
Operator's manuals
Causal Method
Working definition
22. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Temporal Method
Orphan
Sequential
Descriptive Abstract
23. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound-complex sentence
Routine Internal
Process analysis
Table of Contents
24. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Parenthetical definition
Expanded
Jargon
Schematic diagrams
25. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Subordinate clause
Table of Contents
Memo
Process description
26. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Sentence definition
Cap height
Gantt charts
Service manuals
27. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Primary source
Semi tech
Informative Abstract
Expanded
28. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Executive
Compound-complex sentence
Exploded diagrams
Sentence definition
29. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Parenthetical definition
Secondary audience
Flowchart
Gray spaces
30. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Abstract
Questions for progress report
Topical Method
Table of Contents
31. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Questions for progress report
Line graphs
Feasibility reports
Table of Contents
32. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Emphatic
Descriptive Abstract
Titles
Definition by components
33. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Unsolicited
Primary audience
Primary source
Descriptive Abstract
34. Should be determined before writing
Reliability of source
Purpose and audience
Routine Internal
Topical Method
35. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Descriptive
Bar graphs
Sales
Letters of complaint
36. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Temporal Method
Formal Internal
Laboratory reports
Abstract
37. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Semi tech
Reliability of source
Chronological sequence
Parenthetical
38. 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.
Sentence
Problem Solution (Method)
Flowchart
Progress reports
39. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Topical Method
RFI
Temporal Method
Semitechnical presentations
40. Self study guide for the users of the product
Tutorial
Functional sequence
RFI
Negation
41. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Resume
Widow
Informational reports
42. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Reliability of source
X-height
Serif
Bowl
43. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Subordinate clause
Job Application
Soft evidence
Operation
44. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Secondary source
Subordinate clause
Feasibility reports
Independent clause
45. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Claim Letters
Abstract
Negation
46. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Direct Pattern
Conclusion
Primary audience
Procedures
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
Hard evidence
Emphatic
Temporal Method
48. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Conclusion
Semitechnical presentations
Questions for feasibility report
Orphan
49. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Progress reports
Spatial Method
Abstract
Appendix
50. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Service manuals
Training manuals
Informational reports
Process analysis
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