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Technical Writing Vocab

Subject : writing-skills
Instructions:
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1. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph






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






3. The height of the uppercase letters.






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






5. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations






6. A single line carried over the top of a column






7. Should be determined before writing






8. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.






9. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees






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






11. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.






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






13. Written for skilled and unskilled






14. 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.






15. Shows meaning of a process or concept






16. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.






17. Translate numbers into shapes or colors






18. External proposal requesting funding for a study






19. Hold graphics.






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






21. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.






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






23. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations






24. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.






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






26. Ensure safety - how to evacuate






27. Steps to complete a task






28. An expert to another expert






29. The origin of the word






30. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document






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






32. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.






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






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






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






36. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean






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






38. Requests for information.






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






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






41. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.






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






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






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






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






46. Describing how a mechanism works






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






48. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject






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






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