Technical Writing

Every type of writing has a goal.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Technical writing is intended to communicate to a specific ______________, for a specific ______________.

• audience, purpose

• product, report

• report, message

Concise, clear and _________ are the key components of an effective technical writing.

• understandable

• complex

• complicated

Limit paragraph, words and sentence length

• clarity

• conciseness

• accuracy

The importance of correct grammar and mechanics

• conciseness

• accuracy

• organization

Avoiding vague, obscure and/or connotative words

• accuracy

• conciseness

• clarity

Limit and/or define use of abbreviations, acronyms, and jargon

• ethics

• conciseness

• accuracy

• clarity

• organization

The information provided must be what the users are looking for.

• clear

• accurate

• relevant

• complete

The grammatical structure of your technical document should be free from any kind of ambiguities.

• clear

• accurate

• complete

• correct

Readers use these documents to learn how to perform certain tasks or gain technical information, so they should be easy to follow and organized in a way that’s easy to refer back to as questions come up.

• cause and effect

• division

• Problem-solution