Research (1st Grading)

Technical --------------------------------- Writing

-technology

-composition

-systematic

-data or information

-technique

-emphasis

-literal
-work of hands
*Plagiarism Copying
HISTORY OF THE TECHNICAL WRITING:
People from the pre-historic era (STONE AGE)
Iron Age or Metal Age
TECHNOLOGY
Before: (Leaves, Stems, Feathers)
*GLOBALIZATION- English
*Localization-Tagalog or Filipino

PROPERTIES OF TECHNICAL WRITING:

1.)

Accurate
-Deals with facts that are completely TRUE, instead thing whose
identity, appearance or measurement are not dear or difficult to
determine.

2.)

Clear
-The reader must be able to get a quick understanding of the main
message or the point of the whole composition.

*NO GOING AROUND THE BUSH

3.)

Formal
-must follow the standards in writing.

STANDARDS:
A) STRUCTURE
B) PATTERN
C) FORMAT
D) LANGUAGE
4). Graphical
-the ideas can be presented through
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

Graphs
Maps
Tables
Pictures
Diagrams
Figures

PURPOSES:
A. To stress
B. Clarify -> EMPHASIS
C. Simplify
5.) Practical
-It must be written output that can be used applied or carried out dayto-day living.
*Does not deal with imaginative scenarios.
6.) Objective
-AVOIDS revealing individual thinking and personal meaning or emotional.
-Determination
-Honesty
-Patience
-Open mindedness
-Acceptance of failures
7.) Procedural
-A writer must possess a scientific attitude were the facts to be presented
must be in a systematic or methodical way.
*THE SIX SENSES
>Touch >Hear >Smell >Taste >Common Sense >See/Sight
8.) Special} Selective or Exclusive} Topic/Language/Readers/Methodology
9.) Diversionary-*be sensitive to pit falls
-> Danger
->Diversities
-> Multi Cultural Groups

10.) Straightforward
-is showing FRANK
-A writer must be direct on the works he writes or he says
11.) Authorative

Clothed

} Full of rights} To be obeyed

Rights

To be followed

Influence

To enforce anything to anyone