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TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION WRITING as a PROCESS SIMILARITIES Technical Communication = Academic Writing GRAMMAR: active voice descriptive writing concise sentences spelling! proofread! SIMILARITIES Technical Communication = Academic Writing DOCUMENTATION: cite! give credit to sources no plagiarism resources references bibliographies appendices SIMILARITIES Technical Communication = Academic Writing BASIC ORGANIZATION: 1) INTRODUCE: with a “thesis” “Introduction” or “Abstract” 2) SUPPORT: Reasons, Examples, Instances Details, Descriptions, Figures 3) CONCLUDE: Conclusions, Recommendations Analyses, Interpretations, Predictions SIMILARITIES Technical Communication = Academic Writing WRITING as a PROCESS: 1) Planning 2) Drafting 3) Revising I. PLANNING I. PLANNING: Steps 4 Steps in the Planning Phase: 1) determine your purpose 2) analyze your readers 3) collect information 4) complete an outline I. PLANNING: 1) Purpose I. PLANNING: Purpose Determining your Purpose: Answer: Why am I writing this? This memo will … To inform To persuade What response do I want? Persuasion Awareness Action I. PLANNING: Purpose “Purpose Statement”: (1-2 sentences) somewhere between: NEUTRAL — objective facts for an informed decision by someone else PERSUASIVE — subjective facts to sway the readers to agree with your decision I. PLANNING: Purpose “Purpose Statement”: To give information from which the company might benefit. To highlights features of some object or event. “For your consideration” To win the job bid To address a problem I. PLANNING: Purpose “Response Statement”: (1-2 sentences) exactly what you want to happen as a result of your document To provide information To help others do their jobs To help others make proper decisions To catalyst change I. PLANNING: 2) Reader Analysis I. PLANNING: Reader Analysis Generally Speaking: write for readers, audience do not write for yourself writer = expert, teacher knows as much as the readers knows more about the