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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
Questions for progress report
Claim Letters
Sales
Technical writing
2. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Process analysis
Semi tech
Memo
Working definition
3. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Internal document
Cause and effect
Semi tech
External document
4. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Descriptive Abstract
Laboratory reports
Unsolicited
Informational reports
5. Areas that are occupied by text.
Claim Letters
Service manuals
Inside address
Gray spaces
6. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Letters of inquiry
Jargon
Ascender
X-height
7. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Problem Solution (Method)
Pictograms
Motivated Method
Process analysis
8. This illustrates a cause and effect method. Is a 2 pointer like problem solution.
Compound-complex sentence
Orphan
Questions for feasibility report
Causal Method
9. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Feasibility
Archaic terms
Abstract
Questions for progress report
10. A subject-oriented description
Orphan
Process analysis
Tutorial
Unsolicited
11. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Analytical reports
Inside address
Descriptive Abstract
Unsolicited
12. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Justification
Spatial sequence
Emphatic
Informative Abstract
13. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.
Subordinate clause
Inside address
Descender
Questions for feasibility report
14. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Informational reports
Table of Contents
Routine Internal
Functional sequence
15. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Internal document
Questions for progress report
Inquiry Letters
Flowchart
16. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Instructions
Gantt charts
Technical writing
Exploded diagrams
17. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
X-height
Justification
Informative Abstract
Negation
18. Simplified description of a term.
Working definition
Line graphs
Feasibility reports
Informative
19. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Operator's manuals
Audience analysis
Parenthetical definition
Analytical reports
20. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Formal reports
Unsolicited
Questions for feasibility report
Negation
21. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Glossary
Compound-complex sentence
Tutorial
Purpose and audience
22. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Business letter structure
Formal Internal
Letters of inquiry
Resume
23. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Cause and effect
Gray spaces
Nontech
Independent clause
24. The abstract before the full report that summarizes version of report
Indirect pattern
Pictograms
Informative
Primary audience
25. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Sentence
Solicited
Job Application
Process description
26. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Compound-complex sentence
Motivated Method
Cause and effect
Cap height
27. Show steps in process
Schematic diagrams
Grant
Flowchart
Primary source
28. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Serif
Etymology
Ascender
Reliability of source
29. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Technical writing
Emphatic
Questions for feasibility report
Abstract
30. Gives details before the main point of the memo
X-height
Black spaces
Indirect pattern
Informative Abstract
31. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Feasibility reports
Tutorial
Analytical reports
Closing
32. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Direct Pattern
Job Application
Spatial sequence
Line graphs
33. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Service manuals
Grant
Audience analysis
Training manuals
34. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
Hard evidence
Questions for feasibility report
Bar graphs
35. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
Reliability of source
Indirect pattern
Schematic diagrams
36. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Descender
Justification
Letters of complaint
Progress reports
37. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Bowl
Pictograms
Visuals
Inside address
38. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Claim Letters
Conclusion
Secondary source
Titles
39. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Definition by components
Schematic diagrams
Direct Pattern
Reliability of source
40. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive Abstract
Descriptive
Conclusion
Job Application
41. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Descender
Feasibility report structure
Informational reports
High tech doc
42. 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
Informative
Conclusion
Indirect pattern
43. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Process narrative
Internal document
Glossary
Chronological sequence
44. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Emphatic
Compound sentence
Direct Pattern
Laboratory reports
45. Written step by step instructions
Procedures
Sequential
X-height
Motivated Method
46. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Titles
Letters of inquiry
Hard evidence
Training manuals
47. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Memo
Line graphs
X-height
Inside address
48. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Titles
Sales
Audience analysis
Grant
49. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Line graphs
Laboratory reports
Bowl
Informational reports
50. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Exploded diagrams
Descriptive Abstract
Informative
Inquiry Letters