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Technical Writing Vocab
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1. Breaks up a topic and decribes it in a direction. Kinda like temporal - but its directional. Up to down - left to right.

2. Formed by at lease one suborbindate clause & 2 or more independent clauses.

3. Defines in pages. Used when an item requires extensive explaining. Belong in the introduction

4. Show steps in process

5. Written for skilled and unskilled

6. Teaching tools for vocational jobs - often paired with audiovisual info

7. Definition uses a synonym or a clarifying phrase.

8. A business letter that goes along with a resume when applying for internship or employment

9. Heading - date - inside address - salutation - text - closing - signature - title. Sometimes include subject lines - like memos.

10. External proposal in response to a request for proposal (REF) or an invitation for bids (IFB)

11. Factual statements - statistics - expert opinions.

12. Describes the problem and gives a solution in the body. First point is the problem - second is the solution.

13. Summaries either at the beginning or end of the body - reviews main points and findings

14. Defines the item by breaking it down into smaller parts.

15. Written for readers that do not work for the company that prepared the document.

16. Shows how parts of a principle - process or function fit together

17. 1-2 pages - well organized - easy to read - free of mistakes.

18. Words & phrases that are not generally used in modern communications but were common in previous decades.

19. 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

20. Describing how a mechanism works

21. Describing order of assembly and how it was put together

22. External proposal that could be long or short depending on size of potential sale

23. Written step by step instructions

24. Reports that require length - extensive research - multiple writers

25. A clause where the predicate begins with a subordinate conjunction or relative pronoun.

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