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Technical Writing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.
High tech doc
Independent clause
Descender
Business letter structure
2. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Temporal Method
Ethical Tech
Sentence
Executive
3. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Justification
Informative Abstract
Routine Internal
Inside address
4. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive
Resume
Indirect pattern
Sequential
5. Communication written for and about business & industry - focusing on products and services; presented in a user-friendly format
Semitechnical presentations
Memo
Technical writing
Operation
6. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Topical Method
Long proposals
Descender
7. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Technical brief
Process narrative
Feasibility report structure
Formal reports
8. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Informative
Definition by components
Inside address
Parenthetical
9. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Executive
Descriptive Abstract
Compound-complex sentence
Sentence definition
10. Present the main point of the memo then the details
Titles
Informal reports
Direct Pattern
Formal Internal
11. Hold graphics.
Primary source
Analytical reports
Black spaces
Serif
12. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Titles
Compound sentence
Semitechnical presentations
Indirect pattern
13. Show steps in process
Sequential
Bar graphs
Bowl
Flowchart
14. Show trends and changes over time
Grant
Secondary audience
High tech doc
Line graphs
15. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Business letter structure
Parenthetical definition
Titles
Glossary
16. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Expanded
Cap height
Titles
Questions for feasibility report
17. Written for trained operators of computers or manufacturing equipment on the job
18. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Temporal Method
Line graphs
Semitechnical presentations
Abstract
19. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Emphatic
Abstract
Technical writing
Descriptive Abstract
20. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Descender
Purpose and audience
Emphatic
Audience analysis
21. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
Sentence
Cause and effect
Claim Letters
Definition by components
22. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Executive
Process analysis
Laboratory reports
Line graphs
23. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Schematic diagrams
Definition by components
Solicited
Pictograms
24. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Spatial sequence
Widow
Business letter structure
Cause and effect
25. Reports that help the executives determine if goal is practical and reachable. Often being with purpose statement.
Letters of inquiry
Etymology
Audience analysis
Feasibility reports
26. Reports that can be used for policies - instructions - recommending - and requesting info. Written to colleagues.
Emphatic
Memo
X-height
Long proposals
27. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Operator's manuals
Widow
Grant
Definition by components
28. Areas that are occupied by text.
Compound sentence
Gray spaces
Descriptive
Process narrative
29. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Reliability of source
Compound-complex sentence
Sales
RFI
30. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Progress reports
Resume
Primary source
High tech doc
31. Written for repair technicians. Contain trouble shooting chart
Service manuals
Pictograms
Problem Solution (Method)
Informative Abstract
32. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Jargon
Exploded diagrams
Definition by components
Temporal Method
33. Include material that other people have drawn from primary sources.
Cap height
Sentence
Pictograms
Secondary source
34. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Laboratory reports
Nontech
Resume
Ethical Tech
35. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Analytical reports
Training manuals
Working definition
Nontech
36. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Schematic diagrams
Resume
Solicited
Archaic terms
37. Useful in reports discussing problems and solutions
Ascender
Claim Letters
Cause and effect
Descriptive
38. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Parenthetical
Closing
Compound sentence
Descender
39. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Definition by components
Semi tech
Independent clause
Compound-complex sentence
40. Should be determined before writing
Line graphs
Spatial Method
Job Application
Purpose and audience
41. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Conclusion
Gantt charts
Analytical reports
Informal reports
42. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Reliability of source
Informal reports
Topical Method
Training manuals
43. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.
Semi tech
Tutorial
Archaic terms
Problem Solution (Method)
44. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Parenthetical definition
External document
Bowl
Process analysis
45. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Instructions
Justification
Formal Internal
Technical brief
46. The people who need the information & will use it to make decisions.
Line graphs
Analytical reports
Primary audience
Technical writing
47. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Definition by components
Inside address
External document
Informal reports
48. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Bar graphs
Semi tech
Service manuals
Questions for feasibility report
49. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Emphatic
Tutorial
Claim Letters
Secondary audience
50. 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...
Parenthetical
Exploded diagrams
Sentence
Appendix