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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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  • Scientific subjects and various technical subjects associated with science.
  • a type of writing that displays information on the paper to get result.
  • producing written outputs about this three fields of knowledge:
    SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY and ENGINEERING
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Technical writing

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Characteristics of Technical writing

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  1. Technical subject matter
  2. Formal Aspect
  3. Scientific point of view
  4. Uses special techniques
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Technical Subject Matter

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Falls within the general fields of science and engineering

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Formal aspect

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Certain forms of report, form of graphic aids, and forms of style and diction are used

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Scientific point of view

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Means impartial and objective, clear and accurate in the presentation of facts, concise and unemotional

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Uses special techniques

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These techniques include definition, description of mechanism, and process

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Deferences of TECHNICAL and NON-TECHNICAL
What are those area

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  • Content
  • Audience / Reader
  • Purpose
  • Style
  • Tone
  • Vocabulary
  • Organization
  • Visual Aids
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Content

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Technical

  • Factual, straightforward

Non-technical

  • imaginative
  • metaphoric
  • symbol
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Audience / Reader

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Technical

  • Specific

Non-technical

  • General
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Purpose

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Technical

  • Inform
  • instruct
  • persuade

Non-technical

  • Entertain
  • Provoke
  • Captivate
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Style

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Technical

  • Formal
  • Standard Academic

Non-technical

  • Informal
  • Artistic
  • Figurative
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Tone

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Technical

  • Objectives

Non-technical

  • Subjective
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Vocabulary

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Technical

  • Specialized

Non-technical

  • General
  • Evocative
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Organization

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Technical

  • Sequential
  • Systematic

Non-technical

  • Arbitrary
  • Artistic
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Visual Aids

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Technical
* Tables
* Drawings
* Charts
* Graphs
And other to facilitate comprehension of statistics and interpretation of data

Non-technical

Words that can fully narrative or describe what the writer wants to put across.

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Basic aspects of technical writing
* Technical writing can be broken down into two parts or aspects

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  1. End Products
  2. Skills
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End Products

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● The concrete package the technical writer delivers
* business letters, memoranda, instruction manuals, brochures
* various kinds of reports, oral reports articles for journals and posively books, handbooks
* proposal, abstract, specifications
* graphic aids

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Skills

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● Used in preparation of the end products, may refer to the special skills the writer has

  • Special techniques of technical writing
  • Style
  • introduction, transitions, and conclusions
  • outline or organization
  • layout, or format of reports

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