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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 about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Descender
Process analysis
Letters of inquiry
Chronological sequence
2. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Sentence definition
Feasibility reports
Schematic diagrams
Parenthetical
3. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Sentence
Expanded
Widow
Unsolicited
4. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Secondary audience
Parenthetical
Temporal Method
Glossary
5. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Visuals
Orphan
Reliability of source
Spatial sequence
6. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
Feasibility report structure
Flowchart
Claim Letters
7. A subject-oriented description
Process analysis
Visuals
Semitechnical presentations
Descender
8. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Analytical reports
Spatial sequence
Topical Method
Laboratory reports
9. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Exploded diagrams
Semitechnical presentations
Audience analysis
Executive
10. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Reliability of source
Questions for progress report
Letters of complaint
Parenthetical definition
11. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Inquiry Letters
Soft evidence
Laboratory reports
Schematic diagrams
12. 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.
Sentence
Schematic diagrams
Archaic terms
Inside address
13. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Conclusion
Chronological sequence
Emphatic
Inquiry Letters
14. Clarifies information presented in the document. Sometimes more than one is needed. If so - they must be in order that they appear in the text - and each is named A - B - etc...
Appendix
Nontech
Formal reports
Informative Abstract
15. Show steps in process
Jargon
Flowchart
Serif
Bar graphs
16. Front matter - cover letter - title page - table of contents - body: summery - intro - problem - rationale - cost - expertise - responsibility - sales pitch - request for approval - conclusion back matter: appendix - bibliography - glossary
Long proposals
Grant
Independent clause
Reliability of source
17. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Descender
Claim Letters
User manuals
Archaic terms
18. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Memo
Conclusion
Justification
Unsolicited
19. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Technical writing
Process narrative
X-height
Solicited
20. Describing how a mechanism works
Process narrative
Parenthetical
Functional sequence
Operator's manuals
21. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Orphan
Gray spaces
Negation
Analytical reports
22. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Independent clause
Temporal Method
Progress reports
Formal reports
23. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Pictograms
Reliability of source
Temporal Method
Routine Internal
24. Areas that are occupied by text.
Gray spaces
Flowchart
Emphatic
Sequential
25. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Grant
Working definition
Gantt charts
Resume
26. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Working definition
Inside address
Primary source
27. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Abstract
Closing
Spatial Method
Inquiry Letters
28. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Direct Pattern
Unsolicited
Internal document
Orphan
29. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Semi tech
Functional sequence
Hard evidence
Jargon
30. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Feasibility report structure
Semitechnical presentations
Primary audience
Letters of complaint
31. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Technical writing
Titles
Informative
Definition by components
32. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Sequential
Process analysis
Feasibility reports
Executive
33. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Functional sequence
Definition by components
Bar graphs
Hard evidence
34. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Technical brief
Ethical Tech
Informational reports
Justification
35. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Secondary audience
Operator's manuals
Process description
Descriptive Abstract
36. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Spatial sequence
Claim Letters
Titles
Temporal Method
37. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Operation
Working definition
Indirect pattern
Feasibility report structure
38. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Solicited
Titles
Bar graphs
Problem Solution (Method)
39. Hold graphics.
Expanded definition
Hard evidence
Inquiry Letters
Black spaces
40. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Feasibility reports
Claim Letters
Secondary source
Emphatic
41. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Jargon
Expanded definition
Laboratory reports
Functional sequence
42. Steps to complete a task
Subordinate clause
Appendix
Training manuals
Instructions
43. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Sales
Archaic terms
Visuals
Procedures
44. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Feasibility report structure
Business letter structure
Subordinate clause
Unsolicited
45. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Gantt charts
Feasibility
Visuals
Inquiry Letters
46. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Operator's manuals
Ascender
Soft evidence
Semitechnical presentations
47. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Descriptive
Compound-complex sentence
Closing
Nontech
48. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
RFI
Soft evidence
Grant
Process analysis
49. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Temporal Method
Business letter structure
Sales
Routine Internal
50. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Sequential
Functional sequence
X-height
Emphatic