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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Cap height
Analytical reports
Table of Contents
Purpose and audience
2. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Informative
Pictograms
Letters of complaint
Feasibility
3. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Visuals
Sequential
Primary source
Executive
4. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Parenthetical
Inquiry Letters
Routine Internal
Procedures
5. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Compound sentence
Spatial Method
Questions for feasibility report
Etymology
6. Gives details before the main point of the memo
RFI
Primary audience
Indirect pattern
Laboratory reports
7. Explaining how the item works
Motivated Method
X-height
Semitechnical presentations
Operation
8. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Hard evidence
Technical brief
Definition by components
Causal Method
9. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Spatial sequence
Ethical Tech
Closing
Unsolicited
10. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Spatial sequence
Indirect pattern
Table of Contents
Primary source
11. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Formal reports
Unsolicited
Resume
Feasibility reports
12. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Informal reports
Parenthetical
Visuals
Technical writing
13. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Secondary source
Solicited
Definition by components
Sales
14. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Process analysis
Primary source
Jargon
Sentence
15. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Bowl
Table of Contents
Informal reports
Parenthetical definition
16. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Soft evidence
Justification
Sequential
Informative Abstract
17. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Jargon
Descriptive Abstract
Gray spaces
Bar graphs
18. Show trends and changes over time
Glossary
Inside address
Line graphs
Definition by components
19. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Problem Solution (Method)
Routine Internal
Process description
Exploded diagrams
20. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Job Application
Appendix
RFI
Flowchart
21. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Pictograms
Conclusion
Cause and effect
Gray spaces
22. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Descriptive Abstract
Inside address
Motivated Method
Inquiry Letters
23. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Subordinate clause
Internal document
Long proposals
Expanded
24. 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.
Pictograms
Motivated Method
Memo
Questions for progress report
25. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Direct Pattern
Descriptive Abstract
Informative
Executive
26. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Sentence
Justification
Sentence definition
Expanded
27. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Cap height
Sales
Direct Pattern
Expanded
28. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Subordinate clause
Laboratory reports
Parenthetical definition
Bowl
29. Areas that are occupied by text.
Negation
Progress reports
Soft evidence
Gray spaces
30. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Feasibility
Solicited
Technical writing
Process description
31. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical brief
Solicited
Purpose and audience
Technical writing
32. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Black spaces
Long proposals
Nontech
Descriptive
33. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Definition by components
Schematic diagrams
Chronological sequence
Reliability of source
34. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Training manuals
Secondary audience
Descender
External document
35. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Spatial Method
Conclusion
Serif
Formal reports
36. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Semi tech
Letters of inquiry
X-height
Jargon
37. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Business letter structure
Orphan
Titles
Motivated Method
38. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Inside address
Operation
Closing
Inquiry Letters
39. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Semitechnical presentations
Grant
Independent clause
Analytical reports
40. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Questions for progress report
Justification
Independent clause
Analytical reports
41. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Procedures
Formal Internal
Sentence definition
Primary source
42. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Audience analysis
Spatial sequence
Soft evidence
Primary source
43. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Routine Internal
Internal document
Memo
Sentence definition
44. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Soft evidence
Subordinate clause
Conclusion
Audience analysis
45. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Serif
Ascender
Routine Internal
Subordinate clause
46. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Sentence
Gray spaces
Chronological sequence
47. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Problem Solution (Method)
Semi tech
Table of Contents
Secondary audience
48. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Memo
Resume
External document
Operator's manuals
49. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Procedures
Questions for progress report
Exploded diagrams
External document
50. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Technical writing
Motivated Method
Cause and effect
Letters of complaint