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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Visuals
Technical brief
Sales
Claim Letters
2. Steps to complete a task
Orphan
Instructions
Table of Contents
Analytical reports
3. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Expanded
Process narrative
Pictograms
Bar graphs
4. Self study guide for the users of the product
Nontech
Tutorial
Inside address
Visuals
5. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Spatial Method
Gantt charts
Memo
Exploded diagrams
6. A subject-oriented description
Purpose and audience
Process analysis
Secondary audience
Chronological sequence
7. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Working definition
Procedures
Inside address
Sentence
8. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Secondary audience
Etymology
Functional sequence
Jargon
9. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Bowl
Ascender
Feasibility report structure
Flowchart
10. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Informational reports
High tech doc
Formal Internal
Bar graphs
11. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Justification
Parenthetical
Motivated Method
Definition by components
12. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Compound sentence
Sequential
Inside address
Semi tech
13. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
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14. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
Archaic terms
Causal Method
Working definition
Primary source
15. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Pictograms
Executive
Chronological sequence
Independent clause
16. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Procedures
Training manuals
Primary source
Hard evidence
17. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Expanded definition
Table of Contents
Cap height
Temporal Method
18. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Unsolicited
Sequential
Serif
Subordinate clause
19. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Informative
Internal document
Primary audience
Process description
20. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Soft evidence
Etymology
Sentence definition
Internal document
21. An expert to another expert
Conclusion
Table of Contents
Informative
High tech doc
22. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Jargon
External document
Functional sequence
Parenthetical definition
23. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Primary source
Appendix
Laboratory reports
Definition by components
24. The height of the uppercase letters.
Cap height
Ethical Tech
Table of Contents
Tutorial
25. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Parenthetical
Internal document
Executive
Laboratory reports
26. (Structured reports) - Reports that keep reader informed on a large project
Progress reports
Executive
Definition by components
Line graphs
27. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Definition by components
Nontech
Orphan
Parenthetical definition
28. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Informational reports
Schematic diagrams
Technical brief
Spatial sequence
29. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Appendix
Solicited
Informative Abstract
Abstract
30. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Sentence definition
Memo
User manuals
Primary audience
31. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Expanded
Widow
Technical writing
Closing
32. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.
Hard evidence
Causal Method
Spatial Method
Soft evidence
33. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Visuals
Feasibility report structure
Feasibility
Causal Method
34. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Compound sentence
Executive
Conclusion
35. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Compound sentence
Justification
Audience analysis
Operation
36. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Descriptive
Process description
Service manuals
Feasibility reports
37. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Operator's manuals
Problem Solution (Method)
Questions for feasibility report
Primary source
38. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Technical writing
Process narrative
Routine Internal
Process description
39. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Conclusion
Semitechnical presentations
Serif
Independent clause
40. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Spatial sequence
Semi tech
Visuals
Temporal Method
41. The origin of the word
Feasibility report structure
Etymology
Training manuals
Letters of complaint
42. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Bar graphs
Semitechnical presentations
Glossary
43. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Feasibility report structure
Semitechnical presentations
Expanded definition
Informative
44. Decorative strokes at the top & bottom of letters.
Abstract
Serif
Closing
Instructions
45. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Line graphs
Technical writing
Indirect pattern
X-height
46. Written step by step instructions
Orphan
Process description
Direct Pattern
Sequential
47. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Informational reports
Resume
Audience analysis
X-height
48. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Sentence
Conclusion
Independent clause
Gantt charts
49. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Feasibility reports
Emphatic
Secondary source
Questions for progress report
50. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Sales
Gantt charts
Schematic diagrams
Informative Abstract