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Technical Writing Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject






2. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.






3. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart






4. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document






5. Simplified description of a term.






6. Translate numbers into shapes or colors






7. External proposal written not in any response to anything






8. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations






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






10. Self study guide for the users of the product






11. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.






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






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






14. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations






15. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean






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






17. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.






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






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






20. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.






21. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)






22. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job

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23. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers






24. An expert to another expert






25. 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.






26. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.






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






28. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.






29. Written for skilled and unskilled






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






31. Describing how a mechanism works






32. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.






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






34. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.






35. Ensure safety - how to evacuate






36. Hold graphics.






37. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.






43. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.






44. Gives details before the main point of the memo






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






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






47. Requests for information.






48. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.






49. 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.






50. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.