Introduction to Technical Writing (Basic Aspects of Technical Writing )
- 1. BASIC ASPECTS OF BASIC ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING
- 3. FINAL PRODUCTS FINAL PRODUCTS Various kinds of written reports Various kinds of written reports Oral reports Oral reports Business letters Business letters Articles for technical journals or Articles for technical journals or books books Abstracts Abstracts
- 4. Instruction manuals Instruction manuals Graphic aids Graphic aids Handbooks Handbooks Brochures Brochures Specifications Specifications Memoranda Memoranda Proposals Proposals
- 5. SKILLS SKILLS Special Special TECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES of of technical writing; the most technical writing; the most important of which are important of which are definitions, descriptions of definitions, descriptions of mechanisms, descriptions of mechanisms, descriptions of processes, classification and processes, classification and interpretation interpretation
- 6. STYLE STYLE Because technical writing is Because technical writing is a method of communicating a method of communicating facts, its style should be facts, its style should be clear; its point of view clear; its point of view scientific – objective, scientific – objective, impartial, unemotional impartial, unemotional
- 7. INTRODUCTIONS, TRANSITIONS, INTRODUCTIONS, TRANSITIONS, AND CONCLUSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS The technique here it to The technique here it to learn “to tell the readers learn “to tell the readers what is going to be told to what is going to be told to them, then to tell them, them, then to tell them, and then to tell them what and then to tell them what has been told to them” has been told to them”
- 8. OUTLINES FOR ORGANIZATIONS OUTLINES FOR ORGANIZATIONS Undetailed general plans Undetailed general plans in systematic form, may in systematic form, may be considered as “the be considered as “the theory of organizing theory of organizing writing” writing”
- 9. LAY OUT LAY OUT This has something to This has something to do with such matters do with such matters as margins, spacing, as margins, spacing, subheads, the title subheads, the title page, etc. page, etc.
- 10. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BASIC PRINCIPLES OF GOOD TECHNICAL GOOD TECHNICAL WRITING WRITING
- 11. The writer of the The writer of the report must have a report must have a specific reader or specific reader or group of readers in group of readers in mind. mind.
- 12. He must decide what He must decide what the specific purpose of the specific purpose of his report is and make his report is and make sure that every part of sure that every part of his report contributes his report contributes to that purpose. to that purpose.
- 13. He must use specific, He must use specific, single, concrete single, concrete words and familiar words and familiar language that cannot language that cannot be misinterpreted. be misinterpreted.
- 14. The writer must check every The writer must check every part of his report to see part of his report to see whether he has followed the whether he has followed the principles of principles of first first, “ , “telling telling the reader what he is going the reader what he is going to tell them to tell them; ; second second, , telling telling them them; and ; and third third, , telling telling them what he told them them what he told them.” .”
- 15. He must make his He must make his report very report very presentable in format. presentable in format. The layout must The layout must conform with standard conform with standard forms of writing. forms of writing.
- 16. PURPOSES OF PURPOSES OF TECHNICAL WRITING TECHNICAL WRITING
- 17. It gives information It gives information that leads to the that leads to the accomplishment of accomplishment of specific tasks and in specific tasks and in the making of needed the making of needed decisions. decisions.
- 18. Example: Example: Technical writing gives Technical writing gives information on what to do information on what to do during an earthquake, how to during an earthquake, how to use safety devices to avoid fire use safety devices to avoid fire and burns, and how to operate and burns, and how to operate a new equipment, like the latest a new equipment, like the latest model of a computer. model of a computer.
- 19. Technical writing analyzes Technical writing analyzes events and their events and their implications, the failure of implications, the failure of certain systems as certain systems as educational, socio- educational, socio- economic, political, and economic, political, and the needed changes. the needed changes.
- 20. Example: Example: How to save the dying How to save the dying rivers of the country, in rivers of the country, in particular the Pasig particular the Pasig River, Manila Bay River, Manila Bay
- 21. Technical writing Technical writing persuades and persuades and influences decisions influences decisions showing how a business showing how a business or industry succeeds or industry succeeds because of just and fair because of just and fair treatment of labor. treatment of labor.
- 22. Example: Example: How an agency like the NAPOCOR How an agency like the NAPOCOR can improve the energy situation can improve the energy situation and save money, and how the and save money, and how the educational system can be educational system can be improved through the improved through the implementation of the implementation of the recommendations of the recommendations of the Educational Commission to Survey Educational Commission to Survey Philippine Education (EDCOM) Philippine Education (EDCOM)