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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Definition by components
Reliability of source
Soft evidence
Temporal Method
2. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Progress reports
Informational reports
Routine Internal
Feasibility report structure
3. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Schematic diagrams
Negation
Instructions
Closing
4. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Chronological sequence
Jargon
Job Application
Claim Letters
5. Show trends and changes over time
Black spaces
Line graphs
Analytical reports
Pictograms
6. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Nontech
Questions for feasibility report
Orphan
Compound sentence
7. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Formal reports
Expanded
Compound sentence
Sentence
8. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Letters of inquiry
Visuals
Parenthetical definition
Problem Solution (Method)
9. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Questions for feasibility report
Letters of complaint
Memo
Ascender
10. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Line graphs
Semitechnical presentations
Feasibility reports
Informal reports
11. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Ascender
Cap height
Memo
Bowl
12. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Tutorial
Negation
Letters of inquiry
Emphatic
13. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Reliability of source
Feasibility report structure
Motivated Method
Glossary
14. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Descriptive Abstract
Pictograms
Soft evidence
Spatial Method
15. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Visuals
Informative Abstract
Inside address
Tutorial
16. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Causal Method
Parenthetical
Semi tech
Primary source
17. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Indirect pattern
Etymology
Spatial sequence
Direct Pattern
18. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Exploded diagrams
Letters of complaint
Cap height
Ethical Tech
19. 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
Letters of complaint
Informative
Long proposals
Visuals
20. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Internal document
Feasibility report structure
Secondary source
Ethical Tech
21. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Gantt charts
Expanded definition
Letters of inquiry
Exploded diagrams
22. The origin of the word
Service manuals
Pictograms
Sentence definition
Etymology
23. Should be determined before writing
Serif
Purpose and audience
Questions for feasibility report
Training manuals
24. The height of the uppercase letters.
Causal Method
Formal reports
Tutorial
Cap height
25. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Memo
Questions for feasibility report
Schematic diagrams
Secondary audience
26. Self study guide for the users of the product
Semitechnical presentations
Tutorial
External document
Informative Abstract
27. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Etymology
Subordinate clause
Inside address
Unsolicited
28. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Descriptive Abstract
Gantt charts
Subordinate clause
Questions for progress report
29. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Technical writing
Purpose and audience
Laboratory reports
Formal Internal
30. Requests for information.
RFI
Archaic terms
Motivated Method
Informative
31. Show steps in process
Informal reports
Secondary source
Flowchart
Jargon
32. A subject-oriented description
Process narrative
Cause and effect
X-height
Process analysis
33. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Spatial Method
Table of Contents
User manuals
Feasibility reports
34. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Informative
Purpose and audience
Appendix
Line graphs
35. Written step by step instructions
Expanded
Orphan
Sentence definition
Sequential
36. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Descriptive Abstract
Reliability of source
Technical brief
Process narrative
37. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Gray spaces
Long proposals
Claim Letters
Inquiry Letters
38. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Formal reports
Closing
Widow
Descriptive
39. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Secondary source
Exploded diagrams
Closing
Visuals
40. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Informal reports
Analytical reports
Job Application
Audience analysis
41. Areas that are occupied by text.
Informal reports
Negation
Gray spaces
Widow
42. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Internal document
Chronological sequence
Temporal Method
Cause and effect
43. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Chronological sequence
Formal Internal
Informal reports
Job Application
44. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Archaic terms
Process description
Serif
Feasibility reports
45. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Inquiry Letters
Feasibility
Semitechnical presentations
Titles
46. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Bar graphs
Cause and effect
Laboratory reports
Unsolicited
47. 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...
Questions for feasibility report
Sales
Grant
Appendix
48. Steps to complete a task
Process description
Ethical Tech
Parenthetical definition
Instructions
49. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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50. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Executive
Emphatic
Resume
Topical Method