2. at the end of the
lesson, we should be
able to;
identify the
common features
of technical
writing.
define what is
technical writing
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3. TECHNICAL
WRITING
is a form of written communication used
mainly as correspondence and in the
production of written outputs valuable to
an organization.
5. ACCURATE
A technical written work is accurate when it
deals with facts that are completely true. An
accurate report uses words, sentences,
numbers, or figures that exactly express
what written work intends to convey.
6. written work is clear, if in one reading your
readers are able to easily understand the main
message or point of the whole composition.
CLEAR
7. In technical writing, you cannot just write anything you
like in any way you want because some writing
standards underlie the structure, pattern, format, and
language of this kind of writing.
FORMAL
8. GRAPHICAL
Since technical writing deals with
information, visual representations help
in expressing specialized meanings, or
ideas known only to a specific set of
people.
10. Technical writing must avoid inclusion of individual
and subjective judgment in relaying information.
Being straightforward and direct, forms of technical
writing should avoid including inner thoughts,
sentiment, or feelings in order to adopt an impartial
or impersonal stand or attitude towards what is
written.
OBJECTIVE
11. Forms of technical writing are procedural as they
provide sets of instructions and sequenced
information such as user manuals and laboratory
reports.
PRACTICAL
12. Technical writing usually functions within a
specific demographic. Language used is
specialized and easily understood by a specific
set of readers.
SPECIALIZED
13. Technical writing is prone to extensive exposure to
multicultural clients, and co-workers. Cross-cultural or
multilingual communications brought about by
globalization through the internet, materialized through
technical writing will lead you to various topics, ideas,
people, methodologies.
DIVERSE
14. Manner of writing means presenting facts and
information honestly and directly. Unlike other forms of
writing like literacy and expository writing that permit
the writer to hide meanings through figurative
language, technical writing present ideas in a frank or
clear cut way.
STRAIGHTFORWARD
15. To describe technical writing as authoritative is to think
of it as a piece of writing with the ability to command or
to enforce something on anyone. Forms of technical
writing use an authoritative voice to exude credibility in
relying information.
AUTHORITATIVE
16. Any technical writing output must be presentable,
without any grammatical or typographical errors. A
technical writer must ensure that his or her output
always undergoes proofreading.
PRESENTABLE
