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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. The height of lowercase letters such as p -j -y and q that falls below the baseline.
Tutorial
Compound sentence
Schematic diagrams
Descender
2. Specialized language used in a field of study or profession.
Jargon
Reliability of source
Grant
Operator's manuals
3. Show trends and changes over time
Line graphs
Informational reports
Orphan
Cause and effect
4. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.
Compound-complex sentence
Pictograms
Analytical reports
Formal Internal
5. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.
Resume
Direct Pattern
Closing
Schematic diagrams
6. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info
Training manuals
Semitechnical presentations
Informative Abstract
Definition by components
7. Simplified description of a term.
Working definition
Semitechnical presentations
Informative
Primary source
8. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Functional sequence
Sales
Grant
Feasibility report structure
9. Written for skilled and unskilled
User manuals
Motivated Method
Subordinate clause
Ascender
10. A clause that can stand alone as a sentence if punctuation is added.
Independent clause
Primary audience
Long proposals
Routine Internal
11. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Questions for feasibility report
Descender
Orphan
Chronological sequence
12. Requests for information.
Sentence definition
RFI
Questions for progress report
Spatial Method
13. 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...
Internal document
Bar graphs
Appendix
Tutorial
14. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction
Process analysis
Jargon
Expanded
Inside address
15. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Orphan
Primary source
Schematic diagrams
Nontech
16. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Ascender
Primary audience
Cause and effect
Memo
17. The abstract on the title page that briefly summarizes the scope and purpose of the document
Descriptive
Sequential
Feasibility report structure
Training manuals
18. Show the details of how parts of an object fit together.
Formal Internal
Hard evidence
Exploded diagrams
Sentence definition
19. Ununiformed opinions and unverified data
Primary audience
Soft evidence
Feasibility report structure
Orphan
20. Learning as much as possible about the individuals who will be using the document
Audience analysis
Solicited
Memo
Executive
21. Shows how phases of a chart relate to each other
Gantt charts
Informational reports
Chronological sequence
Table of Contents
22. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Indirect pattern
Archaic terms
Unsolicited
Nontech
23. A subject-oriented description
User manuals
Orphan
Independent clause
Process analysis
24. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Spatial Method
Primary source
Cap height
Formal Internal
25. Emphasizes important info. Used for recommendations
Long proposals
Formal Internal
Emphatic
Grant
26. Main part of the body is explaining parts of a whole. Each point is a part.
Process description
Feasibility reports
Topical Method
Instructions
27. Proposals in short format. Frequent for minor requests
Routine Internal
Feasibility report structure
Soft evidence
Resume
28. Written step by step instructions
Solicited
Sequential
Closing
Indirect pattern
29. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Chronological sequence
Resume
Jargon
Inside address
30. Self study guide for the users of the product
Solicited
Tutorial
User manuals
Inquiry Letters
31. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Soft evidence
Semi tech
Analytical reports
Memo
32. Steps to complete a task
Causal Method
Tutorial
Ascender
Instructions
33. What is new since the last report - What needs to be done - Unanticipated problems - Expected timetable for completion
Questions for progress report
Training manuals
High tech doc
Technical writing
34. Proposals used when requesting large funds
Formal Internal
Soft evidence
Service manuals
Descriptive
35. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Descender
Sentence definition
Feasibility
Semi tech
36. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
High tech doc
Training manuals
Temporal Method
X-height
37. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Closing
External document
Functional sequence
Questions for feasibility report
38. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Feasibility report structure
Parenthetical
Sentence definition
Memo
39. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Ethical Tech
Inquiry Letters
Black spaces
Inside address
40. Areas that are occupied by text.
Gray spaces
Informational reports
RFI
Routine Internal
41. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
Abstract
Memo
Bowl
Independent clause
42. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Black spaces
Technical brief
Purpose and audience
Process description
43. When the anticipated audience is familiar with the topic - but has less experience - specialized training - or expertise with the subject than the writer.
Semitechnical presentations
Business letter structure
Working definition
Informational reports
44. Intro: background - purpose statement - Body: Options - Conclusion - Interpretation - Recommendation - Opinion
Long proposals
Causal Method
Feasibility report structure
Gantt charts
45. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers
Formal reports
Closing
Titles
Executive
46. Hold graphics.
Letters of inquiry
Black spaces
Progress reports
Negation
47. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Gantt charts
Abstract
Sentence
Parenthetical definition
48. External proposal written not in any response to anything
Justification
Feasibility
Functional sequence
Unsolicited
49. Reports that evaluate - estimate - make recommendations
Black spaces
Nontech
Long proposals
Analytical reports
50. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.
Unsolicited
Serif
Hard evidence
Topical Method