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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hold graphics.
Cause and effect
Grant
Black spaces
Informational reports
2. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Formal reports
Abstract
Semitechnical presentations
Informative Abstract
3. Simplified description of a term.
Questions for feasibility report
Appendix
Working definition
Closing
4. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Orphan
Questions for progress report
Semitechnical presentations
Unsolicited
5. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Conclusion
Working definition
Descriptive
6. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Process description
Unsolicited
Functional sequence
Gantt charts
7. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Causal Method
Audience analysis
Nontech
Claim Letters
8. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Nontech
Flowchart
Table of Contents
Motivated Method
9. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Ethical Tech
Analytical reports
Semi tech
Gray spaces
10. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Operation
Feasibility
Informal reports
Internal document
11. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Gray spaces
Progress reports
Feasibility reports
Emphatic
12. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Long proposals
Resume
Primary audience
Feasibility reports
13. 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...
Spatial sequence
Appendix
Closing
Problem Solution (Method)
14. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
High tech doc
Secondary audience
Descender
Feasibility reports
15. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Visuals
Business letter structure
Secondary audience
Justification
16. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Sequential
Reliability of source
Letters of complaint
Primary audience
17. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Questions for feasibility report
Direct Pattern
Purpose and audience
Letters of inquiry
18. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Memo
Orphan
Feasibility report structure
Operation
19. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Laboratory reports
Analytical reports
Gantt charts
RFI
20. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Secondary audience
Abstract
Glossary
Sentence definition
21. Should be determined before writing
Purpose and audience
Secondary audience
Chronological sequence
Flowchart
22. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Feasibility
Visuals
Jargon
Descender
23. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Sequential
Exploded diagrams
Pictograms
Soft evidence
24. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Gray spaces
Informative Abstract
Chronological sequence
Semi tech
25. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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26. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Jargon
Progress reports
Conclusion
Letters of complaint
27. The height of the uppercase letters.
Cap height
Procedures
Visuals
Closing
28. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Bowl
Formal Internal
Negation
Process narrative
29. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Ethical Tech
Gray spaces
Informal reports
Direct Pattern
30. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Progress reports
Justification
Motivated Method
Feasibility reports
31. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Spatial Method
Sales
Primary source
Procedures
32. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Closing
Job Application
Glossary
Technical brief
33. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
External document
Closing
Parenthetical
Audience analysis
34. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Flowchart
Negation
Feasibility report structure
Parenthetical definition
35. Describing how a mechanism works
Process description
Informative Abstract
Functional sequence
Questions for feasibility report
36. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Formal reports
Indirect pattern
Temporal Method
Feasibility
37. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Primary source
Compound-complex sentence
Sentence definition
Feasibility report structure
38. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Sales
Informal reports
Definition by components
External document
39. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Feasibility report structure
Gantt charts
Questions for feasibility report
Etymology
40. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Semitechnical presentations
Sentence definition
Subordinate clause
Bar graphs
41. Steps to complete a task
Instructions
Informative Abstract
Reliability of source
Routine Internal
42. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Executive
Topical Method
Purpose and audience
Grant
43. 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
Cause and effect
Motivated Method
Chronological sequence
44. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Bowl
Widow
Subordinate clause
Ethical Tech
45. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Pictograms
Compound sentence
Sentence
Chronological sequence
46. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Nontech
Serif
Parenthetical definition
Formal reports
47. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Ethical Tech
Parenthetical definition
Informational reports
Parenthetical
48. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Negation
Executive
Parenthetical definition
49. Explaining how the item works
Routine Internal
Claim Letters
Operation
Instructions
50. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Operation
Hard evidence
Process narrative
Abstract