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Technical Writing Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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...






2. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.






3. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions






4. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual






5. 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.






6. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps






7. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.






8. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale






9. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.






10. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand






11. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.






12. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations






13. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format






14. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.






15. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion






16. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject






17. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.






18. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive






19. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.






20. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart






21. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment






22. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.






23. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction






24. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data






25. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure






26. The height of the uppercase letters.






27. Present the main point of the memo then the details






28. 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.






29. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.






30. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)






31. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion






32. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph






33. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.






34. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like






35. Describing how a mechanism works






36. Self study guide for the users of the product






37. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations






38. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum






39. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.






40. Written for skilled and unskilled






41. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together






42. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.






43. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.






44. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)






45. Steps to complete a task






46. Hold graphics.






47. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.






48. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.






49. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean






50. Translate numbers into shapes or colors