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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Semi tech
Functional sequence
Table of Contents
Questions for feasibility report
2. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Memo
Descender
Audience analysis
Operator's manuals
3. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Emphatic
Spatial sequence
Descriptive Abstract
Compound-complex sentence
4. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Negation
Soft evidence
Letters of complaint
Claim Letters
5. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Spatial sequence
Inquiry Letters
Secondary audience
Sequential
6. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
Executive
Direct Pattern
Informational reports
Descriptive
7. Describes the purpose - scope - and method used to arrive to conclusion. Included on the title page - really short.
Orphan
Closing
Descriptive Abstract
Progress reports
8. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Memo
Glossary
Analytical reports
Resume
9. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale
Sales
Functional sequence
RFI
Procedures
10. An expert to another expert
Serif
High tech doc
Working definition
Orphan
11. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Unsolicited
Parenthetical
Formal reports
Indirect pattern
12. The origin of the word
Etymology
Descender
Formal Internal
Primary source
13. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Serif
Motivated Method
Topical Method
Exploded diagrams
14. Alphabetical - lists definitions of words - Short and precise definitions - Required if there are more than 5 terms in need of definitions. They should be defined in the text or as a footnote as well.
Glossary
Formal Internal
Compound-complex sentence
Black spaces
15. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Process description
Ascender
Training manuals
Audience analysis
16. Simplified description of a term.
Resume
Working definition
RFI
Exploded diagrams
17. A single line carried over the top of a column
X-height
Informal reports
Widow
Instructions
18. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Process narrative
Feasibility
Problem Solution (Method)
Soft evidence
19. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.
RFI
Jargon
Pictograms
Definition by components
20. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Formal Internal
Independent clause
Laboratory reports
Sequential
21. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Informative
Job Application
Problem Solution (Method)
Memo
22. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Jargon
Nontech
Training manuals
Laboratory reports
23. Requests for information about a service - product - person - policy - procedure - or organization.
Letters of inquiry
Topical Method
Nontech
Problem Solution (Method)
24. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Orphan
Feasibility report structure
Purpose and audience
Informal reports
25. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Ascender
Descender
Gantt charts
Glossary
26. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Emphatic
RFI
Audience analysis
Resume
27. A business letter that includes complaint of product - request of refund - or apology
Claim Letters
Temporal Method
Reliability of source
Questions for progress report
28. Defines following this pattern: Indicate the item - what class it belongs to - and what makes it different than other in that class (if more than 4 terms) . Placed in glossary.
Subordinate clause
Process analysis
Audience analysis
Sentence
29. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
External document
Ethical Tech
Training manuals
Compound sentence
30. Translate numbers into shapes or colors
Spatial Method
Bar graphs
Subordinate clause
Descriptive
31. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
High tech doc
Semi tech
X-height
Chronological sequence
32. A subject-oriented description
Secondary audience
Process analysis
Letters of inquiry
Formal Internal
33. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Letters of complaint
Schematic diagrams
Hard evidence
Cap height
34. Written step by step instructions
Sequential
Progress reports
Semi tech
Motivated Method
35. Often help the reader determine if s/he wants to read it. A good one includes topic - tone - scope - purpose.
Subordinate clause
Motivated Method
Compound sentence
Titles
36. Shows meaning of a process or concept
Semi tech
Visuals
Descender
Flowchart
37. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
User manuals
Line graphs
Secondary source
Semitechnical presentations
38. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Inquiry Letters
Serif
Grant
Hard evidence
39. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.
RFI
Compound-complex sentence
Negation
Archaic terms
40. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Informational reports
Training manuals
Etymology
Table of Contents
41. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Business letter structure
Topical Method
Inquiry Letters
Letters of complaint
42. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Formal reports
Questions for progress report
Widow
Jargon
43. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Informational reports
Sentence
Routine Internal
Compound sentence
44. One that is intended to be used only within the company or organization that prepared it.
Justification
Internal document
Inside address
Subordinate clause
45. Steps to complete a task
Subordinate clause
Letters of complaint
Instructions
Progress reports
46. Areas that are occupied by text.
Gray spaces
Reliability of source
Tutorial
Claim Letters
47. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Informational reports
Analytical reports
Conclusion
Informative
48. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Secondary audience
Sentence
Closing
Feasibility
49. Any other people who later come in contact with the material.
Compound sentence
Expanded definition
Operation
Secondary audience
50. Requests for information.
Claim Letters
Feasibility reports
Instructions
RFI
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