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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Secondary source
Process analysis
Cap height
2. 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
Formal reports
Long proposals
Inside address
Ethical Tech
3. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Inside address
Executive
Informative
Parenthetical definition
4. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Topical Method
Orphan
Questions for feasibility report
Bowl
5. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Routine Internal
Soft evidence
Technical writing
Descriptive Abstract
6. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Compound sentence
Pictograms
Primary source
Questions for feasibility report
7. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Process analysis
Resume
Appendix
Executive
8. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Flowchart
Routine Internal
X-height
Nontech
9. Written for skilled and unskilled
Primary source
Bowl
Claim Letters
User manuals
10. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Conclusion
Archaic terms
Cap height
Feasibility
11. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Analytical reports
Formal reports
Operator's manuals
Orphan
12. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Process analysis
Titles
Feasibility report structure
Negation
13. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Memo
Expanded
Gray spaces
Cause and effect
14. Steps to complete a task
Training manuals
Abstract
Instructions
Primary source
15. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Inquiry Letters
Soft evidence
Pictograms
Independent clause
16. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Sales
Sequential
Process description
Letters of complaint
17. An expert to another expert
Semi tech
Chronological sequence
High tech doc
Technical brief
18. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Negation
Direct Pattern
Audience analysis
Descriptive Abstract
19. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Orphan
Negation
Process narrative
Soft evidence
20. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Semi tech
Informational reports
Tutorial
Closing
21. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Long proposals
Formal Internal
Working definition
Semi tech
22. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Direct Pattern
Cause and effect
Conclusion
Process description
23. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Direct Pattern
Feasibility
Process analysis
Serif
24. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Sentence definition
Letters of inquiry
Memo
Archaic terms
25. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Line graphs
Spatial Method
Progress reports
Letters of complaint
26. Describing how a mechanism works
Negation
Internal document
Widow
Functional sequence
27. 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.
Gantt charts
Glossary
Chronological sequence
Informal reports
28. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Letters of inquiry
Hard evidence
High tech doc
Orphan
29. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Parenthetical
Primary source
Indirect pattern
Line graphs
30. 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...
High tech doc
Black spaces
Appendix
Direct Pattern
31. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Reliability of source
Descriptive
Secondary source
Expanded
32. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Informational reports
User manuals
Ascender
Process narrative
33. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Line graphs
Functional sequence
Questions for feasibility report
Definition by components
34. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Instructions
Internal document
Semitechnical presentations
Primary source
35. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Nontech
Inside address
Serif
Visuals
36. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Etymology
Primary source
Compound sentence
Direct Pattern
37. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Formal reports
Temporal Method
Analytical reports
Spatial Method
38. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Letters of inquiry
Progress reports
Feasibility
Causal Method
39. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Emphatic
Expanded definition
Conclusion
Compound-complex sentence
40. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
RFI
Hard evidence
Process analysis
Jargon
41. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Expanded definition
Primary source
Compound sentence
42. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Process analysis
Problem Solution (Method)
Analytical reports
Secondary source
43. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Informative Abstract
Primary audience
High tech doc
Operator's manuals
44. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Serif
Technical brief
Parenthetical
Descender
45. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Sentence definition
Primary source
Spatial Method
Feasibility reports
46. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Bowl
Visuals
Compound-complex sentence
Abstract
47. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Secondary source
Etymology
Archaic terms
Questions for feasibility report
48. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Abstract
Visuals
Semitechnical presentations
Black spaces
49. Written step by step instructions
Instructions
Questions for progress report
Sequential
Bar graphs
50. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Formal reports
External document
Technical writing
Topical Method