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Expository Techniques ofExpository Techniques of Technical Writing Technical Writing

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A report is written to ful llspeci c purpose. Hence, thewriter must send facts and data

to the management clearly andforcibly enough to induceadministrati e action.

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!eport Writing s. "iterary!eport Writing s. "iteraryWritingWriting

!eport writing may be di#erentfrom literary writing but it shouldnot lac$ style. %t should not be

dull. The writer should present hisideas and ndings in aninteresting and con incing manner

which re&ects his in ol ementwith the problem and enthusiasmin preparing the report.

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Writing techniques ma$e the reportinteresting and easier to understand.

These techniques are' (e nition (escription of mechanism (escription of process )lassi cation )omparison and )ontrast )ause and E#ect

%llustration *artition Analogy %nterpretation

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ormal (e nitionormal (e nition This is an equation li$e statementwhich has three parts' term, genus anddi#erentia.

Term word to be de ned /enus group or class the term belongs to (i#erentia the distincti e characteristics of

the term, distinguishing it from the other

members of the same class.Ex. Triangle is a plane gure bounded by threestraight lines and has three angles.)arbohydrate is a food group including relatedsubstances such as sugars, starches andcellulose.

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(e ne the following terms(e ne the following termsformally'formally'

0ar$eting"o e1xygenAntipolo )ity(epreciation

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%nformal (e nition%nformal (e nition

To ma$e sure the technical writeris understood, he extends ade nition beyond a single

sentence. The commontechniques in extending areexamples, analogy and

description, details, concreteexamples and instances and wordderi ati e 2origin of a word3

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(escription(escription4sing description is a way of writingabout the way things appear, the waythey are constructed and the way theyact.

There is a great need for manufacturersto write clear and technical manuals toexplain their products.

Two 5inds of (escription +. (escription of 0echanism -. (escription of a *rocess

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(escription of 0echanism(escription of 0echanism This deals with the physical natureof whate er is being discussed,the purpose of the de ice and how

its parts wor$ separately and withone another and as a whole. Mechanism- an assembly of mo able

parts ha ing one part xed withrespect to a frame of reference anddesigned to produce an e#ect. Allparts operate and function properly.

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)omparison and )ontrast)omparison and )ontrast

%t in ol es a discussion of thesub6ect in relation to othersub6ect showing similarities and

di#erences as the article goesalong.

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)lassi cation)lassi cation%t is a systematic process of di idingmaterials into di#erent classes or$inds. %t also in ol es groupingsimilar units in a subclass which inturn falls under longer class.%t is a useful technique when youha e a number of li$e things to

discuss among which there arepoints of similarity and di#erencesnecessary for the reader tounderstand.

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)ause and E#ect)ause and E#ect

This explains a condition bytracing it to what produced thee#ect by showing what it will

produce. This discusses thereason why something is true orshows the results of some

peculiar e ents or state of mind.

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/i ing %nstruction/i ing %nstruction

The purpose of gi inginstructions is to ma$e the readerdo a speci c operation. The

reader is expected to act. Eachstep in the instruction ispresented and clearly explained

to the reader who should carryout to perform the operation.

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*ersuasion*ersuasion The writer should $eep in mind thathis report is designed to con incethe reader of his iewpoint and to

get then to ta$e some action.E ery time an idea is presented, thereader must be con inced that theidea presented is well reasoned andthat the recommendation gi en isthe best action to ta$e.

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%nterpretation%nterpretation

This refers to the art ofestablishing a meaningful patternof relationship among a group of

facts.

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Acti ityActi ity(e nition'

/i e the formal de nition of the following' )omputer (octor *hilippines

%llustrations' (e ne the topics informally and expound

by gi ing examples' Hobbies lowers (omestic animals)omparison and )ontrast High school and )ollege friends