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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Expert to little - but growing - experience or knowledge in an individual
Line graphs
Semi tech
RFI
Formal reports
2. Expert to someone with no knowledge of subject
Service manuals
Nontech
Conclusion
Feasibility reports
3. Offer firsthand experience with the subject.
Feasibility
Inside address
Primary source
Service manuals
4. 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.
Feasibility reports
Memo
External document
Glossary
5. Domain name - purpose of the message? - how recent? - author's credentials? Avoid using only one source.
Spatial sequence
Visuals
Temporal Method
Reliability of source
6. Reports that are straightforward info (i.e results of something)
Sentence definition
Visuals
Parenthetical definition
Informational reports
7. Includes the name - title - company - and address of the intended recipient.
Inside address
Secondary source
Orphan
Business letter structure
8. Reports lacking in research - typically reflects a memorandum
Informal reports
Executive
External document
Formal Internal
9. Self study guide for the users of the product
Expanded definition
Tutorial
Jargon
Purpose and audience
10. A worksheet used to organize and summarize the likely readers' characteristics & needs.
Descriptive Abstract
Technical brief
Bar graphs
Memo
11. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together
Topical Method
High tech doc
Glossary
Schematic diagrams
12. Explanation of what the term does NOT mean
Sentence
Negation
Justification
Informative
13. Contains 2 or more independent clauses.
Operator's manuals
Abstract
Compound sentence
Conclusion
14. Word on a line by itself at the end of a paragraph
Compound-complex sentence
Orphan
Descriptive Abstract
Executive
15. Writers strive for balanced evidence - no exaggeration.
Archaic terms
Closing
Ethical Tech
Direct Pattern
16. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.
Closing
Service manuals
Expanded
External document
17. Exam of the likelihood of success if the proposed solution is adopted
Inside address
Feasibility
Expanded
Service manuals
18. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together
Orphan
Process narrative
Negation
Chronological sequence
19. Puts stuff into chronological order. Each point is a step in a process.
Technical writing
Independent clause
Flowchart
Temporal Method
20. Basic elements: Reason for study - Equipment and procedures -Problems - results - conclusions
Grant
Visuals
Gantt charts
Laboratory reports
21. Needed if booklet is longer than 10 pages. After the title page and abstract - before the forward.
Spatial sequence
Table of Contents
Expanded definition
Semitechnical presentations
22. The expanded version of the descriptive abstract. Covers conclusions and recommendations. Placed before full report.
Tutorial
Pictograms
Audience analysis
Informative Abstract
23. The height of the segment of lowercase lettes such as h -d -f - and b that rises above the x-height.
Operator's manuals
Ascender
Resume
User manuals
24. Sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
Sequential
Analytical reports
Visuals
Letters of complaint
25. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings
Analytical reports
Bowl
Closing
Expanded definition
26. The height of a lowercase x - which reflects the height of the main bodies of the lowercase letters.
Primary source
X-height
Secondary source
Problem Solution (Method)
27. Show steps in process
Analytical reports
Flowchart
Descender
Business letter structure
28. Necessary characteristics: Summery - Interpretation - and Recommendations
Conclusion
Informative Abstract
Pictograms
Motivated Method
29. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment
Semitechnical presentations
Grant
Job Application
Operation
30. External proposal requesting funding for a study
Operation
Chronological sequence
Grant
Memo
31. Summary of written doc that lets reader know if they want to read the article
X-height
Abstract
Appendix
Technical writing
32. Used for complex terms - or when it has multiple meanings. Indicate item - classify - and says what makes it unique.
Direct Pattern
Appendix
Indirect pattern
Sentence definition
33. Summaries before full report - includes main points and proposal - often persuasive
X-height
Appendix
Executive
Process description
34. Describes how something works - breaks down process into steps
Visuals
Operator's manuals
Process description
User manuals
35. Describing how a mechanism works
Functional sequence
Solicited
Table of Contents
Indirect pattern
36. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)
High tech doc
Claim Letters
Jargon
Solicited
37. Ensure safety - how to evacuate
Functional sequence
Letters of complaint
Procedures
Subordinate clause
38. Uses extensive detail for the item. Can be several pages long.
Soft evidence
Functional sequence
Expanded definition
Sentence definition
39. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.
Parenthetical definition
Working definition
Questions for feasibility report
External document
40. Margins justified on the left are easier to read.
Descender
Justification
Business letter structure
Process analysis
41. Defines by using a synonym - or a clarifying phrase (if less than 4 terms)
Parenthetical
Job Application
Orphan
Direct Pattern
42. The origin of the word
RFI
Executive
Etymology
Service manuals
43. Gives details before the main point of the memo
Tutorial
Instructions
Indirect pattern
Flowchart
44. Requests for information.
External document
Audience analysis
RFI
Purpose and audience
45. An expert to another expert
High tech doc
Appendix
Operation
Parenthetical definition
46. A business letter that asks about product - service - procedure
Operator's manuals
Inquiry Letters
Questions for progress report
Appendix
47. Should be determined before writing
Semitechnical presentations
Purpose and audience
Expanded definition
Claim Letters
48. Steps to complete a task
Orphan
Questions for progress report
Instructions
Descriptive
49. Simplified description of a term.
Process description
Functional sequence
Internal document
Working definition
50. Describes a mechanism at rest - what an object is - what it does - what it looks like
Spatial sequence
Progress reports
Inside address
Questions for progress report
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