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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Letters of inquiry
Parenthetical definition
Primary audience
Compound-complex sentence
2. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Informative Abstract
Solicited
Chronological sequence
Semi tech
3. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Job Application
Progress reports
Schematic diagrams
Nontech
4. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Expanded definition
Laboratory reports
Solicited
Nontech
5. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Justification
Executive
Sales
Appendix
6. Written step by step instructions
Indirect pattern
Sequential
Causal Method
Analytical reports
7. Describes the process from the writer's point of view
Operator's manuals
Business letter structure
Process narrative
Parenthetical definition
8. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Causal Method
Spatial Method
Indirect pattern
Descender
9. 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...
Schematic diagrams
Appendix
Cap height
Informal reports
10. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Inquiry Letters
Independent clause
Motivated Method
Widow
11. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Chronological sequence
External document
Informational reports
Informative
12. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Technical brief
Archaic terms
Black spaces
Direct Pattern
13. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Indirect pattern
Schematic diagrams
Semitechnical presentations
Process description
14. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Grant
Feasibility reports
Schematic diagrams
Semi tech
15. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Laboratory reports
Sequential
Analytical reports
Letters of complaint
16. Requests for information.
RFI
Feasibility report structure
Bowl
Procedures
17. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Gantt charts
Long proposals
Bowl
Hard evidence
18. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Descriptive
Gantt charts
Feasibility report structure
Inside address
19. A single line carried over the top of a column
Memo
Widow
Working definition
Feasibility report structure
20. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
Solicited
Informal reports
Bar graphs
Claim Letters
21. Describing how a mechanism works
Primary audience
Business letter structure
Functional sequence
Routine Internal
22. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Etymology
Informal reports
Gantt charts
Questions for progress report
23. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
External document
Process description
Subordinate clause
Analytical reports
24. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Soft evidence
Glossary
Working definition
Solicited
25. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Purpose and audience
Tutorial
Expanded
Causal Method
26. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
Compound sentence
Progress reports
Orphan
27. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Definition by components
Process description
Topical Method
X-height
28. Plan likely to succeed - Benefits and risks - Other options - Funding available - How would it affect employees
Formal Internal
Compound sentence
Questions for feasibility report
Functional sequence
29. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
Business letter structure
Service manuals
Bar graphs
Sentence
30. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive
Closing
Grant
Primary source
31. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Job Application
Purpose and audience
Secondary source
Exploded diagrams
32. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Parenthetical definition
Grant
Flowchart
Solicited
33. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Ethical Tech
Indirect pattern
Questions for feasibility report
Secondary source
34. Explaining how the item works
Operation
Process description
Primary source
Descender
35. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Routine Internal
Memo
Titles
Service manuals
36. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Appendix
Indirect pattern
Schematic diagrams
Expanded definition
37. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Causal Method
Ethical Tech
Memo
Formal reports
38. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Subordinate clause
Temporal Method
Resume
User manuals
39. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Tutorial
Secondary audience
Informative Abstract
Audience analysis
40. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Technical writing
Sentence definition
Descriptive Abstract
Parenthetical definition
41. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
X-height
Flowchart
Problem Solution (Method)
Purpose and audience
42. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Descender
Archaic terms
Glossary
Bar graphs
43. Use of icons to represent quantities. Nice for nonexperts to understand
Process narrative
Exploded diagrams
Operator's manuals
Pictograms
44. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Justification
Feasibility reports
Routine Internal
Direct Pattern
45. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
User manuals
Indirect pattern
Operation
Feasibility
46. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Working definition
Ascender
Parenthetical definition
Questions for feasibility report
47. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Temporal Method
Hard evidence
Pictograms
Formal Internal
48. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Cause and effect
Informative Abstract
Secondary source
Descriptive
49. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Abstract
Progress reports
Service manuals
Bar graphs
50. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Sentence definition
Job Application
Reliability of source
Functional sequence
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