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an important activity to produce a document necessary in one’s professional life.
Researching
aims to solve or eliminate a problem through various strategies like collecting relevant data, talking to people, searching through printed materials, doing some statistics, presenting ideas scientifically through tables and graphs, analyzing data presented and interpreting data presented intelligently.
Research
2 kinds of questions used by researchers
Closed Question
Open-ended Question
One of the best ways to collect information; aims to find out the appropriate facts from people who have the first hand information about the topic.
Interviewing
process of gathering data is used to receive answers from many people- more than you could possibly interview in a given time.
Surveying
the act of watching closely in order to discuss the elements in a situation.
Observing
This allows you to compare items – terms of some standards or set of criteria. The heart of scientific and technical disciplines.
Testing
The ability to write and present concise version of lengthy documents is necessary in technical writing work.
Summarizing
the area on the pages that does not contain textual or visual markings. This space includes the four margins, indention of heading.
White Space
determine the boundaries of the text.
Margins
show the beginning of a new paragraph or a subordinate idea.
Indentions
determines the space between lines of text which allows any reading. Leading size is always larger than font size.
Leading (heading)
the subdivision of a page that give readers structural information these parts are: live area, headers, footers, rulers and page numbers.
Page Parts
the part of the page that are inside the margin.
Live Area
words that tell something about the content of the page or chapter. They appear on top of the pages.
Headers
describe the contents of the paper or chapter. These are found at the bottom of the page.
Footers
lines used to separate elements found on the space.
Rulers
a number that appears on each page. It appears in the same location of the papers-all-throughout.
Page Number
vertical lines used to contain characters fit into one line of type.
Columns
means the aligning of the first or last letters of the lines of a column.
Justification
style of the type.
Typeface (font)
Most common type faces:
Times
Calibri
Arial
emphasize text by making it look different from the other text styles around it.
Highlighters
Highlighters are:
- boldface
- underlining
- all capital
- vertical lists
- italics
refers to the system imposed on a document to show its contents and organization and the word phrase that shows the contents of the succeeding sections.
System of Heads
consists of one or more synonymous expressions substituted for the unfamiliar term used.
Informal Definition
the ___________ definition is preferred because of the need for more precise set of words.
formal
The need for ______________ occurs when the report uses technical terms which are not familiar to the reader or when common terms are used in a special way. (Vicente, et.al., 1973)
definition
Ways of Defining
by use or quality
by category
by example
by negative definition
This is usually combined with use or quality to give a fuller, more meaningful definition
Defining by category
a rather loose way of defining, by simply giving examples of the term being defined
Defining by examples
This consists of indicating what the term is not, only to emphasize what it is.
By negative definition
A series of steps to get something done
Process
A more widely used technique in technical writing is ______________. In every report, there will always be _____________ of anything.
description
any system of parts that operates and functions properly.
Mechanism
a systematic process of dividing the material into kinds or classes. It involves not only dividing the subject into its constituent classes but also grouping similar units in a subclass, which in turn falls under a large class.
Classification
