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Chapter 11: Creating Technical Descriptions



 

 1. 

In most cases, technical descriptions form stand-alone documents.
 

 2. 

Technical descriptions normally appear at the beginning of a manual.
 

 3. 

Technical description in marketing materials has to inform and impress.
 

 4. 

The more removed the reader is from using information in a description, the more general the information can be.
 

 5. 

Components can be separated into structural parts and functional parts.
 

 6. 

Because reports and proposals are often circulated to nonexperts, they often include technical descriptions.
 

 7. 

Metaphors and similes are poetic forms of language that technical communicators should avoid.
 

 8. 

Visuals are essential features of technical descriptions.
 

 9. 

The conventional organizational pattern for technical description is
a.
spatial
b.
chronological
c.
geographical
d.
cause and effect
 



 
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