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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Negation
Archaic terms
Feasibility report structure
Hard evidence
2. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Routine Internal
Archaic terms
Hard evidence
Expanded definition
3. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
External document
Purpose and audience
Technical writing
Informative
4. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Sequential
Feasibility
Operation
Solicited
5. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Justification
Serif
Service manuals
Progress reports
6. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Visuals
Formal reports
Gantt charts
Procedures
7. Afive pointer speech - 1 - get attetion; 2 - establish problem; 3 - satisfy the need; 4 - visualize the need answered in future; 5 - ask action from audience.
Training manuals
Sequential
Motivated Method
Semitechnical presentations
8. Requests for information.
High tech doc
Jargon
Indirect pattern
RFI
9. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Operation
Abstract
Etymology
Operator's manuals
10. Simplified description of a term.
Letters of complaint
Sequential
Nontech
Working definition
11. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Formal reports
Pictograms
Expanded definition
X-height
12. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Hard evidence
Letters of inquiry
Unsolicited
Claim Letters
13. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Compound-complex sentence
Bar graphs
X-height
Primary audience
14. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Topical Method
Unsolicited
Resume
Sequential
15. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Temporal Method
Claim Letters
RFI
Working definition
16. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Bar graphs
Compound sentence
Letters of complaint
Subordinate clause
17. Hold graphics.
Topical Method
Archaic terms
Technical brief
Black spaces
18. The height of the uppercase letters.
Table of Contents
Cap height
Progress reports
Reliability of source
19. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Bar graphs
Spatial sequence
Technical writing
Formal reports
20. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Chronological sequence
Solicited
Process narrative
User manuals
21. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Formal reports
Purpose and audience
Descriptive Abstract
Sequential
22. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
X-height
Table of Contents
Service manuals
Job Application
23. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Temporal Method
Justification
Procedures
Laboratory reports
24. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
High tech doc
Abstract
Orphan
Exploded diagrams
25. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Process description
Emphatic
X-height
Informative Abstract
26. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Definition by components
Operation
Temporal Method
Serif
27. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Unsolicited
Sequential
Titles
Process analysis
28. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
External document
Glossary
Appendix
Titles
29. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
External document
Training manuals
Orphan
30. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Spatial Method
Sentence definition
Closing
Temporal Method
31. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Closing
Appendix
Primary source
Letters of inquiry
32. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Grant
Independent clause
Exploded diagrams
Secondary audience
33. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Grant
Exploded diagrams
Ethical Tech
Progress reports
34. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Solicited
Descriptive Abstract
Informal reports
Expanded
35. Steps to complete a task
Instructions
Topical Method
Negation
Independent clause
36. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Semi tech
High tech doc
Technical brief
Cause and effect
37. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Formal Internal
Routine Internal
Tutorial
Solicited
38. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Informative
Informal reports
Feasibility reports
Parenthetical
39. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Causal Method
Parenthetical
Inquiry Letters
Formal reports
40. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Indirect pattern
Pictograms
Operation
Line graphs
41. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Semitechnical presentations
Indirect pattern
Claim Letters
Sales
42. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Etymology
Closing
Indirect pattern
Operation
43. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
Widow
Memo
Independent clause
44. 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.
Serif
Inquiry Letters
Negation
Glossary
45. A single line carried over the top of a column
Ethical Tech
Definition by components
Analytical reports
Widow
46. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Visuals
Analytical reports
Process analysis
Jargon
47. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Table of Contents
Expanded
Functional sequence
Compound-complex sentence
48. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Unsolicited
Parenthetical definition
Sentence
Functional sequence
49. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Technical brief
Questions for feasibility report
Formal Internal
Ascender
50. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Operation
Conclusion
Laboratory reports
Informative Abstract