Midterm Flashcards
Which example is not likely to be a type of technical writing?
“Breaking-news” article in a national newspaper
Which characteristic can best be used to describe technical writing?
Informative
What is true about the tools technical writers use?
Graphic editing software is used by technical writers, as well as illustrators and designers
The definition of the term rhetorical situation is _____.
The relationship among writer, audience, message, and context
Which describes the communicator’s role in the rhetorical triangle?
To ensure each element of the triangle is fully developed
One way the technical writer can accommodate a particular audience’s knowledge level is to _____.
Present complex information in visual form
Which consideration, or standard, is not shared by business emails, memos, and letters?
A short and succinct subject line
The best description of process writing is _____.
Formal writing of instructions, directions, or steps
A periodic report is different than a progress report in that the periodic report _____.
May cover progress of one, several, or all current projects
In technical writing, the function of every proposal is to _____.
Persuade readers to take action, to agree, or to move forward
Which writing sample conforms to the principle of appropriateness for an audience of non-native speakers?
None of these
Focus begins with a paragraph’s one main point. It’s called a topic sentence, the purpose of which is to _____.
Define that one main point and move the thesis forward
In technical writing, simpler is better. So which sentence structure - or combination of structures - should be avoided in technical writing?
Compound/complex sentences
An effective sentence structure is one in which there is noun-verb agreement. Which example shows such agreement?
The media have not covered the news from Canada
What statement is true of the writing process?
It breaks down even complex assignments into manageable stages
An advantage of the writing process is that its stages ______.
Allow writers to carefully “build” an end product in manageable, incremental steps
Which is not a part of Stage 1 of the writing process?
Distinguish between major and minor ideas
For Stage 2 of the writing process, the purpose of creating an outline is to _____.
Build coherence and provide structure
In Stage 3 of the writing process, which is composing a draft, the writer _____.
Develops the ideas in the outline
Which error should be corrected in Stage 5 of the writing process, editing?
During the coarse of the project, insight will come to you.
Going from front to back and then onto the right and the left sides.
In the USA the fahrenheit scale is used for temperature, not celsius.
