BASIC TECHNIQUES OF TECHNICAL WRITING Definition: The need for defining occurs when the report uses technical terms which are not familiar to the reader or when common terms are used in a special way. RULES FOR DEFINITION In formulating a formal definition. 1. Try to use simple words. Don’t define an unfamiliar term by using more difficult terminology which would further confuse the reader. My example: Not this. Motherboard usually containing the circuitry for the central processing unit
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Planning department ‚ Marbleton House‚ Stanton Way‚ Marbleton‚ MB2 4AD Dear Miss Stevens I am writing to you‚ to express my objection to your current plans to demolish my locoal skate park and Marbleton woods. My village already contains shops that can provide the necessaties that you have promised to the people living in Marbleton village. If you build a Marbleton superstore you will be putting a lot of good honest people out of a job‚ how would you like it if you have worked hard all of your
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THE ART OF PERSUASION: RHETORICAL TECHNIQUES 1. Colloquial language – e.g. ‘She’s a top sheila that Jessica Rowe. Channel Nine are stark raving bonkers to give her the boot’. This language is used to appear inclusive or ‘on the inside’ of a particular social or cultural group. It could reinforce a sense of cultural identity between the reader and the writer. It could also be used sarcastically‚ to ridicule the attitudes or language of an opponent - e.g. ’I’m sure Ms Gillard thinks it’s ’right on’
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| Letter Writing Techniques | COM 135 | Val Flores 8/5/2009 | The following will describe for the reader different strategies and techniques that are used in writing a good-news and bad-news letter. Throughout there is also an example of bad news that could be delivered in a letter as well as an explanation as to which bad news technique was chosen for the letter. Letter Writing Techniques When a situation of good-news or bad-news needs to be delivered in a letter‚ there are
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Examples and Observations: "The big parts of a story should stick together‚ but the small parts need some stickum as well. When the big parts fit‚ we call that good feeling coherence; when sentences connect‚ we call it cohesion." (Roy Peter Clark‚ Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. Little‚ Brown‚ 2006) Cohesion Analysis "The linguistic method perhaps most fully applied to the field of composition studies is what is generally called cohesion analysis. According to a comprehensive
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*Write words properly: A lot‚ too (not two or to). *Do not write firstly‚ secondly‚ thirdly‚ fourthly EVER!!! REMEMBER: The most important part of an essay is the introduction and conclusion. This means that they should be the best part of your writing. Never and I mean never‚ give background information in the introduction. For example if a topic was about school bullying‚ get straight to the point and argue your point instead of
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Business Letter and Report Writing Table of Contents Introduction 1 Discussion 2 Writing Business Correspondence 2 Appropriate Style and Tone to Address intended Audience 4 Formal and Informal Business Writing 5 Create and Format Basic Documents used in Businesses 5 Clear and Compelling Writing Styles for Business Communication 6 Conclusion 8 References 9 Business Letter and Report Writing Introduction In business‚ communication is everything either at
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Chapter I. General notion of writing………………………………………………….3 1.1.Writing skills……..………………………………………………………3 1.2. The importance of effective writing skills……..………………………..6 1.3. Informal writing………………………………………………...……….7 1.4. Letter writing……..……………………………………………………...9 1.5. Different types of letters……………………..…………………………11 Chapter II.Teaching writing informal letters…………………………………………13 2.1. Informal letters……..…………………………………………………
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Formal Letter Writing Conventions There are a number of conventions that should be adhered to when producing a formal letter. It is important that the overall structure is as clear and concise as possible and that you avoid the use of colloquialisms. Addresses: 1) Your Address the top right-hand section 2) The Address of the person you are writing to beneath your address on the left-hand side of your letter‚ remember to include the name of the person that you are writing to. (If known)
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MODEL ESSAY 1 You have just enrolled in a college in Kuala Lumpur. You share an apartment with three other college mates. Write a letter to your parents back home. Tell them: - your experiences in college - about your housemates - how you spend your free time Write a letter to your family. You may include any other relevant information.
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