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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Requests for information.
Feasibility
RFI
Topical Method
Cap height
2. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Process analysis
Visuals
Bowl
Compound-complex sentence
3. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Solicited
Sequential
Semitechnical presentations
Informative Abstract
4. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Appendix
Audience analysis
Informative Abstract
High tech doc
5. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
X-height
Unsolicited
Line graphs
Closing
6. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Hard evidence
Widow
Problem Solution (Method)
Bar graphs
7. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Operation
Solicited
Training manuals
Memo
8. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Questions for feasibility report
Compound sentence
Service manuals
Gray spaces
9. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Ethical Tech
Questions for progress report
Visuals
Technical brief
10. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Visuals
Questions for progress report
X-height
Audience analysis
11. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Abstract
Jargon
Purpose and audience
Nontech
12. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Sales
Sentence definition
Operation
Conclusion
13. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Definition by components
Causal Method
X-height
Unsolicited
14. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Ethical Tech
Process analysis
Informative Abstract
Feasibility report structure
15. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Justification
Secondary source
Primary source
Inside address
16. A single line carried over the top of a column
Laboratory reports
Widow
Topical Method
Semitechnical presentations
17. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Negation
Closing
Primary audience
External document
18. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Progress reports
Sequential
Memo
19. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Direct Pattern
Questions for progress report
Formal Internal
Grant
20. The origin of the word
Etymology
External document
Exploded diagrams
Operator's manuals
21. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Orphan
Grant
Routine Internal
Instructions
22. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Secondary audience
Procedures
Questions for feasibility report
Black spaces
23. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Laboratory reports
Schematic diagrams
Table of Contents
Working definition
24. Show steps in process
Resume
Flowchart
Informal reports
Problem Solution (Method)
25. Steps to complete a task
Exploded diagrams
High tech doc
Parenthetical
Instructions
26. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Feasibility reports
Job Application
Primary source
Procedures
27. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Formal reports
Compound-complex sentence
Audience analysis
X-height
28. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Working definition
Progress reports
Laboratory reports
RFI
29. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Service manuals
Bowl
Sentence definition
Glossary
30. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Descender
Unsolicited
Pictograms
Procedures
31. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Inquiry Letters
Justification
Descriptive
Titles
32. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Titles
Spatial sequence
Primary audience
Inside address
33. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Gray spaces
Motivated Method
Memo
Ascender
34. Self study guide for the users of the product
Tutorial
Emphatic
Purpose and audience
Closing
35. Should be determined before writing
Operation
Purpose and audience
Orphan
Descriptive
36. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Emphatic
High tech doc
Pictograms
Appendix
37. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Hard evidence
Technical writing
Problem Solution (Method)
Operation
38. An expert to another expert
Etymology
High tech doc
Expanded definition
Service manuals
39. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Secondary source
Technical brief
Inside address
Direct Pattern
40. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Semitechnical presentations
Compound-complex sentence
Soft evidence
Glossary
41. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Definition by components
Secondary source
Feasibility
Inside address
42. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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43. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Motivated Method
Functional sequence
Technical writing
Laboratory reports
44. 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.
Formal reports
Bowl
Solicited
Motivated Method
45. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Semi tech
Topical Method
Negation
Feasibility
46. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Etymology
Ethical Tech
Exploded diagrams
Process narrative
47. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Analytical reports
Parenthetical
Informal reports
Soft evidence
48. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Informal reports
Resume
Titles
Chronological sequence
49. The height of the uppercase letters.
Cap height
Exploded diagrams
Gantt charts
Memo
50. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Sentence definition
Motivated Method
Gantt charts
Secondary audience