To: Nancy Myers

From: Ricky Johnson

Date: April 30, 2020
Subject: APLED 121-Chapter 7 summary
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Chapter 7 Summary
Define technical descriptions – Part by part depictions of the components of a
mechanism, tool, or piece of equipment.

Types of technical descriptions

 Operations manuals – A manual that comes with mechanism, tool, or

piece of equipment that helps you construct, install, operate and service
the equipment.
 Product demand specifications – If a company needs a part that doesn’t
exist, they write a product demand specifying its exact needs.
 Study reports provided by consulting firms – Companies hire a consulting
firm to study a problem and provide a descriptive analysis.
 Construction design – Before building any structure companies must
clarify the construction design for the city and the clients, and they must
work with city council or homeowner’s association to get approval.
 Sales literature – To help companies make money they will market their
products or services by describing them in sales letters, proposals and on
websites.

Definition of process analysis – Process analysis is like instructions except it focuses on

how something works.

Examples of process analyses

 Engineering.
 Automotive sales.
 Biomedical technology.
Criteria for writing technical descriptions and process analyses

 Title – Preface your text with a title precisely stating your topic.
 Overall organization – In the introduction, specify and define your topic
and explain the topics functions, capabilities or processes.
 Highlighting techniques – To aid understanding and allow for easy access,
use highlighting techniques, including headings. Itemization, and graphics.

The writing process at work

 Prewriting – Gather data using brainstorming/listing.

 Writing – Write a rough draft and get revision suggestion from colleagues.
 Rewriting – revise using the suggestions.