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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Questions for feasibility report
Negation
Laboratory reports
Semi tech
2. Defines following this pattern: Indicate the item - what class it belongs to - and what makes it different than other in that class (if more than 4 terms) . Placed in glossary.
Service manuals
Questions for progress report
Semi tech
Sentence
3. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Primary source
Technical writing
Archaic terms
Descriptive Abstract
4. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Solicited
Parenthetical
Indirect pattern
Appendix
5. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
Widow
Descriptive
Compound sentence
6. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Reliability of source
Secondary source
Orphan
Descriptive Abstract
7. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Chronological sequence
Executive
Spatial Method
Sentence definition
8. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Informative
Hard evidence
Compound-complex sentence
Secondary source
9. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Line graphs
Descender
External document
Service manuals
10. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Working definition
Claim Letters
Informational reports
Process description
11. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Feasibility report structure
Problem Solution (Method)
Letters of complaint
Gray spaces
12. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Etymology
Resume
Tutorial
13. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Exploded diagrams
Appendix
Independent clause
Service manuals
14. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Spatial sequence
Resume
Unsolicited
Process description
15. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Process description
Jargon
Table of Contents
Formal reports
16. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Descriptive
Letters of complaint
Feasibility report structure
Semitechnical presentations
17. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Motivated Method
Parenthetical definition
Orphan
Definition by components
18. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Process narrative
Instructions
Service manuals
Informative Abstract
19. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Procedures
Operator's manuals
Soft evidence
Letters of inquiry
20. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Informative Abstract
Spatial Method
Functional sequence
Tutorial
21. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical writing
Cap height
Indirect pattern
Working definition
22. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Temporal Method
Subordinate clause
Widow
Letters of complaint
23. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Temporal Method
Descriptive
Closing
Abstract
24. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Tutorial
Widow
Temporal Method
Sales
25. Written for skilled and unskilled
Spatial Method
User manuals
Descriptive
Instructions
26. A single line carried over the top of a column
Bar graphs
Inquiry Letters
Primary source
Widow
27. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Spatial Method
Justification
Descriptive
Hard evidence
28. The height of the uppercase letters.
Causal Method
Functional sequence
Informative Abstract
Cap height
29. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Process narrative
Gantt charts
Schematic diagrams
Indirect pattern
30. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Operator's manuals
Direct Pattern
Causal Method
Descender
31. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Causal Method
Ascender
Procedures
Cause and effect
32. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Indirect pattern
Memo
Direct Pattern
Secondary audience
33. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Inside address
Analytical reports
Ethical Tech
Sentence
34. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Solicited
Bowl
Working definition
Semitechnical presentations
35. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Serif
Parenthetical definition
Gantt charts
X-height
36. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Emphatic
Motivated Method
Letters of complaint
Cause and effect
37. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Functional sequence
Analytical reports
Business letter structure
Routine Internal
38. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
External document
Visuals
Compound sentence
Executive
39. 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.
Compound-complex sentence
Internal document
Glossary
Informative Abstract
40. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Expanded
Justification
Informative
Technical writing
41. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Descriptive Abstract
Resume
Internal document
Routine Internal
42. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Black spaces
Descriptive
Secondary source
Exploded diagrams
43. Written step by step instructions
Independent clause
Cause and effect
Sequential
Functional sequence
44. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Training manuals
Audience analysis
Process analysis
Gray spaces
45. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Chronological sequence
Gantt charts
Jargon
Negation
46. Requests for information.
High tech doc
Glossary
Compound-complex sentence
RFI
47. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Technical writing
Training manuals
Process narrative
Table of Contents
48. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Internal document
Independent clause
Inquiry Letters
Laboratory reports
49. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Orphan
Sentence definition
Definition by components
Bowl
50. Should be determined before writing
Widow
Serif
Purpose and audience
Ethical Tech
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