The Alphabet of Technical Writing
The Alphabet of Technical Writing
The Alphabet of Technical Writing
This can be
attained by guarding against
careless thinking, expressions
and calculations.
B. Brevity. is conciseness of
expression, checking the
development of your own
ideas and accuracy of
expression.
C. Coherence. An effective
paper is coherent coherence
refers to the sticking together of
ideas an effective writer has a
way of putting ideas together to
form a coherent whole.
D. Directness. An effective
paper is direct to the point a
technical writer has to refrain
from going around the bush or
the so-called roundabout
construction.
E. Emphasis. Make your report
forceful.
F. Factuality. An effective technical
paper is factual. The information
that it contains is based on facts
therefore , it is provable and
credible. It is not a product of
man's imagination , speculation ,
or hallucination.
G. Grammatical Correctness.
Acceptable grammatical practice is
important for sensible as well as social
reasons.
H. Heaviness. An effective
technical paper is heavy. In as much as a
subject matter of a technical paper is
serious, that is , a scientific subject or a
technical topic associated with The
Sciences, technical writing manifest a
scientific subject or a technical topic
associated with the sinuses, technical
writing manifests heaviness.
I. Illustrations. The use of graphic
materials is very useful in technical
writing.
J. Judgment. Judicious weighing of
evidence is important in a report. The
best evidence is that which is (1) most
ample (2) most pertinent (3) most simple
(4) most in harmony with the rest of
available evidence.