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TECHNICAL WRITING
vs.
ACADEMIC WRITING
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TYPES of WRITING
1. PERSONAL
2. ACADEMIC
3. PROFESSIONAL
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PERSONAL WRITINGo Purpose/Objective:
to entertain to inform
o Evaluation: desired emotional response informed
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PERSONAL WRITINGo Graphics:
emoticons text-messaging lingo
o Formats: e-mail letters journals text messages
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PERSONAL WRITINGo Audience:
equal knowledge friends colleagues
o Informality
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TECHNICAL WRITING
vs.
ACADEMIC WRITING
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*AUDIENCES*Specific Audiences
o bosso supervisor o teamo committeeo politicianso bank officerso general public
General Audienceo generic readero teachero perhaps fellow
students
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*AUDIENCES*1 Document = Many Readers:
(Many Readers = Many Needs)o “food chain”o boss, supervisor o teamo engineerso workerso politicians o bank officerso general public
1 Document = 1 Reader:(1 Reader = 1 Need)
o teacher
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PURPOSESo Purpose =o Writing Situationo Objectiveo Why was the document written?
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PURPOSESSituation-Oriented
o see a need — o address a needo internal motivationo professional
motivationo outcome-oriented:
to get something accomplished
Assignment-Orientedo passive (vs. active)o given a topic, testo given an
assignmento external motivationo scholastic
motivationo grade-oriented
grade, g.p.a., degree
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EVALUATION CRITERIASuccess
o satisfaction of the needs of all readers
o something was done
o informedo persuaded
Successo correct answero right informationo unity, coherenceo support, detailo grammar
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APPLICATIONSReal-World Applicationso case studieso illustrative
scenarioso operations
managemento for a jobo for a raise or
promotiono for a bid practical
College Applicationo “academic” writingo essayso essay examso for academicso for gradeo for degreeo “show what you
know”
demonstrativeTC AW
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DISCIPLINESAcross Disciplines
o “interdisciplinary”o computer scienceso psychologyo mixture of:
history math science technology
Single Disciplineo “discipline-specific”
literary data for an English paper
historical information on a history paper
psychological ideas on a psychology test
o rarely a mixture
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*PAGE DESIGN*o Paragraphs
6-10 lines vary lengths for visual
o White Spaceo Columnso Headingso Listso Graphicso Varying Fontso Use of Coloro Relative Spacingo Relative Marginso Relative Justification
o Paragraphs Minimum of 3-5
sentences No maximum length
o NO White Space Columns Headings Lists Graphics Varying Fonts Use of Color
o Double Spacingo Equal Marginso Left Justification
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COMPONENTSOral, Visual, Written
o produce documentso present documentso write to be read o write to be seen o write to be heard
Written o infrequent oral and
visual componentso predominant
written componento write to be read
by teachero write to be gradedo not to be seen or
heardTC AW
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GRAPHICSo tableso chartso graphso diagramso photographso mapso blue prints
o uncommon o photographs
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FORMATSo memoso e-mailso letterso cover letters o resumes o proposalso manuals o portfolioo abstractso reports
formal informal
o essay questionso essays based on the
rhetorical strategies Description Narration Illustration Process-Analysis Division-Classification Comparison-Contrast Definition Cause-Effect Pro-Con Argument
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GRAMMARGrammar-less
o visual-orientedo grammar = less
importanto fragments =
permissibleo active voiceo descriptive writingo concise sentenceso spelling!o proofread!
Grammar-fullo written-orientedo grammar = keyo sentence errors =
avoidedo active voiceo descriptive writingo concise sentenceso spelling!o proofread!
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CONCLUSIONSo Technical Communication:
Practicality in the employment world Real-World application
o Academic Writing: Demonstration of knowledge Limited to academia
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CONCLUSIONSo Technical Communication:
By an informed writer Conveying necessary information Both visually & verbally To a lesser-informed reader
(writer = teacher)
o Academic Writing: By a student-learner for an expert reader
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CONCLUSIONSo Technical Communication:
Read by many, To satisfy the needs of many
o Academic Writing: Read by one, To appease the criteria of one
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CONCLUSIONSo Technical Communication:
“Information Retrieval” organization & format = designed to help readers quickly & easily locate
information
o Academic Writing: “Information Retrieval”
little concern beyond a logical organization
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CONCLUSIONSo Technical Communication:
Public Speaking component — formal conference speeches informal meeting speeches
o Academic Writing: Limited Public Speaking opportunities
conferences or rare class projects Public Speaking courses
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DEFINITIONTechnical Communication:
o Encompasses a wide range o of writing and speaking
responsibilitieso required to communicate your ideaso on the job.
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SIMILARITIESo Grammar:
active voice descriptive writing concise sentences spelling! proofread!
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SIMILARITIESo Writing as a Process:
Planning Drafting Revising
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EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHIES
writing: process & product
o HEURISTIC: process reader-focused how-to analyze-and-compose
processo PRESCRIPTIVE:
product writer-focused models/forms of
writing
writing: producto prescriptiveo teach from modelso rhetorical strategieso writer-focused
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ACADEMIC WRITINGo Purpose/Objective:
to demonstrate knowledge
to “show what you know”
o Audience: superior knowledge teachers, perhaps
peer editors
o Evaluation: correct information unity, coherence, depth, clarity,
grammar o Graphics:
limited to explain or
persuade
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ACADEMIC WRITINGo Formats:
Description Narration Illustration Process-Analysis Division-
Classification
(Rhetorical Strategies or Writing Models)
Comparison-Contrast Definition Cause-Effect Pro-Con Argument-
Persuasion
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TECHNICAL WRITINGo Purpose/Objective:
to entertain to inform
o Audience: equal knowledge friends, colleagues
o Evaluation: desired emotional
response informed
o Graphics: emoticons text-messaging lingo
o Formats: e-mail letters journals text messages