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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Jargon
Claim Letters
Informative
Functional sequence
2. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Definition by components
Spatial sequence
Routine Internal
RFI
3. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Pictograms
Widow
Process description
Causal Method
4. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Expanded
Letters of inquiry
Progress reports
Feasibility report structure
5. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
High tech doc
Topical Method
Pictograms
Table of Contents
6. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Negation
Solicited
Letters of complaint
Letters of inquiry
7. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Independent clause
Unsolicited
Soft evidence
Instructions
8. 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.
Hard evidence
Justification
Process narrative
Motivated Method
9. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Primary audience
Laboratory reports
Questions for feasibility report
Grant
10. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Informal reports
External document
Technical brief
Solicited
11. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Process description
Problem Solution (Method)
Spatial Method
Memo
12. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Closing
Informative
Cap height
Sentence definition
13. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Line graphs
Direct Pattern
Exploded diagrams
Parenthetical definition
14. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Informal reports
Conclusion
Closing
Archaic terms
15. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Table of Contents
Direct Pattern
Pictograms
Memo
16. Show trends and changes over time
Working definition
Parenthetical definition
Line graphs
Technical writing
17. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Business letter structure
Spatial Method
Serif
RFI
18. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
RFI
Primary source
Routine Internal
Formal reports
19. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Ethical Tech
Solicited
X-height
Primary source
20. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Working definition
Long proposals
Cause and effect
Descriptive
21. The empty space inside letter such as Q - O - and D.
Soft evidence
Bowl
Primary source
Unsolicited
22. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
External document
Service manuals
Feasibility reports
Reliability of source
23. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Parenthetical definition
Training manuals
Progress reports
Cause and effect
24. The height of the uppercase letters.
Cap height
Audience analysis
Operator's manuals
Formal reports
25. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Flowchart
Negation
Spatial Method
Etymology
26. An expert to another expert
Compound-complex sentence
Informative Abstract
High tech doc
Sales
27. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Primary audience
Chronological sequence
Etymology
Temporal Method
28. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Secondary source
Technical writing
Routine Internal
Exploded diagrams
29. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Justification
Laboratory reports
Primary source
Long proposals
30. Show steps in process
Feasibility
Flowchart
Sales
Formal reports
31. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
External document
Letters of complaint
Cause and effect
Reliability of source
32. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Hard evidence
Service manuals
Orphan
Motivated Method
33. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Independent clause
Job Application
Direct Pattern
Secondary audience
34. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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35. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Archaic terms
Questions for feasibility report
Feasibility
User manuals
36. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Unsolicited
Causal Method
Descriptive Abstract
Expanded definition
37. Should be determined before writing
Operation
Purpose and audience
Secondary audience
Questions for progress report
38. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Operation
Operator's manuals
Nontech
Long proposals
39. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Working definition
Archaic terms
Visuals
Semi tech
40. Written for skilled and unskilled
Technical writing
User manuals
Conclusion
Spatial Method
41. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Problem Solution (Method)
Hard evidence
Business letter structure
Inquiry Letters
42. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Schematic diagrams
Causal Method
Informative Abstract
Memo
43. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Training manuals
Progress reports
Hard evidence
Direct Pattern
44. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Hard evidence
Inside address
Spatial Method
Functional sequence
45. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Serif
Titles
Sentence definition
Orphan
46. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Ascender
Process analysis
Primary source
Progress reports
47. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Semitechnical presentations
Questions for progress report
Visuals
Spatial Method
48. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Informative Abstract
Abstract
Semitechnical presentations
Formal reports
49. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Emphatic
Archaic terms
Gantt charts
Process narrative
50. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Soft evidence
Informative
Functional sequence
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