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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Line graphs
Sentence definition
Glossary
Descriptive Abstract
2. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
RFI
Working definition
Bar graphs
Resume
3. The height of the uppercase letters.
Service manuals
Temporal Method
Cap height
Sentence
4. Steps to complete a task
Instructions
X-height
Sentence
High tech doc
5. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Spatial Method
Visuals
Temporal Method
Ethical Tech
6. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Operation
Compound-complex sentence
Exploded diagrams
Memo
7. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Functional sequence
Black spaces
Informal reports
Direct Pattern
8. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Schematic diagrams
Archaic terms
Descriptive Abstract
Serif
9. Show trends and changes over time
Training manuals
Line graphs
X-height
Executive
10. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Questions for progress report
Training manuals
Gray spaces
Archaic terms
11. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive
Instructions
Gantt charts
Purpose and audience
12. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Questions for feasibility report
Feasibility
Parenthetical
Feasibility reports
13. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical writing
Operation
Parenthetical
Subordinate clause
14. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
External document
Closing
Direct Pattern
15. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Indirect pattern
Training manuals
Appendix
Business letter structure
16. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Exploded diagrams
Formal reports
Formal Internal
17. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
External document
Routine Internal
Abstract
Descriptive Abstract
18. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Soft evidence
Feasibility report structure
Letters of inquiry
Sentence
19. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Questions for progress report
Titles
Process description
Problem Solution (Method)
20. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Parenthetical
Sales
Sequential
Progress reports
21. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Table of Contents
Working definition
Ascender
Instructions
22. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Temporal Method
Glossary
Grant
Compound sentence
23. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Cause and effect
Informative Abstract
Audience analysis
Parenthetical
24. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Sales
Unsolicited
Descender
Procedures
25. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Emphatic
Informative
Routine Internal
Resume
26. Self study guide for the users of the product
Serif
Tutorial
Primary audience
Purpose and audience
27. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Independent clause
Service manuals
Formal reports
Informative
28. A single line carried over the top of a column
Secondary source
Nontech
Process analysis
Widow
29. Simplified description of a term.
Working definition
Compound sentence
Unsolicited
Letters of complaint
30. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Widow
Temporal Method
Semitechnical presentations
Operation
31. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Abstract
Analytical reports
Questions for feasibility report
32. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
X-height
Process narrative
Informational reports
Job Application
33. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Reliability of source
Parenthetical definition
Etymology
Formal Internal
34. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Abstract
Long proposals
Subordinate clause
Indirect pattern
35. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Temporal Method
Process narrative
Informative Abstract
Glossary
36. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Definition by components
Descriptive Abstract
Letters of inquiry
37. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Descender
Letters of complaint
X-height
Sequential
38. 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
Exploded diagrams
Long proposals
Subordinate clause
Negation
39. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Primary audience
Executive
Compound sentence
Feasibility report structure
40. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Sequential
Formal reports
Laboratory reports
Informal reports
41. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Semi tech
Compound-complex sentence
Titles
Progress reports
42. Written step by step instructions
Sequential
Training manuals
Serif
Independent clause
43. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Cap height
Resume
Abstract
Secondary source
44. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Spatial Method
Claim Letters
Semi tech
Expanded
45. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Jargon
Indirect pattern
Archaic terms
Etymology
46. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Descender
Internal document
Expanded
Sentence definition
47. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Semitechnical presentations
Working definition
Definition by components
Cause and effect
48. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Visuals
Process narrative
Jargon
Progress reports
49. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Gray spaces
Direct Pattern
Descriptive
Emphatic
50. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Parenthetical
Justification
Negation
Questions for progress report