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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Sales
Technical brief
Parenthetical definition
Process description
2. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Abstract
Progress reports
Gray spaces
Problem Solution (Method)
3. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound-complex sentence
Memo
Justification
Inside address
4. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Hard evidence
Reliability of source
Emphatic
Visuals
5. Simplified description of a term.
Working definition
Jargon
Primary source
Inquiry Letters
6. Steps to complete a task
Secondary source
Instructions
Expanded definition
Process description
7. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Unsolicited
Process analysis
Parenthetical definition
Titles
8. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Informative Abstract
Titles
Archaic terms
Widow
9. Should be determined before writing
Glossary
Feasibility reports
Sales
Purpose and audience
10. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Informal reports
Indirect pattern
Abstract
Nontech
11. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Grant
Orphan
Direct Pattern
X-height
12. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Direct Pattern
Questions for feasibility report
Instructions
Operator's manuals
13. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Descriptive Abstract
Subordinate clause
Feasibility report structure
Business letter structure
14. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Table of Contents
Temporal Method
Formal reports
Process analysis
15. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
Feasibility report structure
Spatial sequence
Topical Method
Visuals
16. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Purpose and audience
Visuals
Questions for feasibility report
Cap height
17. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Sentence definition
Sentence
Primary source
Questions for progress report
18. Hold graphics.
Black spaces
Line graphs
Chronological sequence
Primary source
19. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Audience analysis
Emphatic
Claim Letters
Informative Abstract
20. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Operator's manuals
Solicited
Parenthetical definition
21. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Jargon
Black spaces
Business letter structure
Cause and effect
22. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Cause and effect
Temporal Method
Sales
Primary source
23. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Descriptive
Ethical Tech
Feasibility reports
Spatial sequence
24. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Spatial sequence
Serif
Training manuals
Sales
25. 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
Parenthetical definition
Inquiry Letters
Training manuals
26. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Letters of complaint
Chronological sequence
Audience analysis
Black spaces
27. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Abstract
Long proposals
Descriptive
RFI
28. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Etymology
Gray spaces
Long proposals
Pictograms
29. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Procedures
Gantt charts
Memo
Temporal Method
30. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Informal reports
Questions for progress report
Cap height
Letters of inquiry
31. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Informational reports
Appendix
Letters of inquiry
Inside address
32. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Parenthetical definition
Informational reports
Sentence
33. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Gray spaces
Chronological sequence
Orphan
Feasibility report structure
34. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Emphatic
Gray spaces
Visuals
Bar graphs
35. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
Cap height
Semitechnical presentations
Indirect pattern
36. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Analytical reports
Internal document
Compound-complex sentence
Indirect pattern
37. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Parenthetical
Informative
Formal Internal
Laboratory reports
38. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Informational reports
Memo
Functional sequence
Causal Method
39. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Nontech
Purpose and audience
Executive
Widow
40. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Informative
Motivated Method
Inquiry Letters
Solicited
41. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Spatial sequence
Informative Abstract
Parenthetical
Solicited
42. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Progress reports
Informative
Business letter structure
Descriptive Abstract
43. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Jargon
Tutorial
Gantt charts
Technical brief
44. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Independent clause
Primary source
High tech doc
Memo
45. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Orphan
Functional sequence
Semi tech
Motivated Method
46. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Orphan
Operator's manuals
Definition by components
Emphatic
47. 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.
Glossary
Formal Internal
Secondary audience
Hard evidence
48. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Exploded diagrams
Flowchart
Nontech
Routine Internal
49. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Expanded
Solicited
Grant
Job Application
50. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Ethical Tech
Secondary audience
Technical brief
Jargon