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HM 102 - Technical Writing: Lecture 01: Recognizing Fundamental Aspects of Writing

This document provides an overview of a technical writing course. It introduces the instructor, teaching assistant, and covers fundamental aspects of technical writing such as having a clear central idea, organization, use of supporting materials, expression appropriate for the audience, and proper grammar. Technical writing is defined as communicating scientific and technical information accurately and efficiently. Examples of technical writing include user manuals, reports, proposals, and web pages. The history of technical writing involves cave paintings, clay tablets, and papyrus records used to convey information. The class will discuss problems that can occur in factual communication due to incomplete reporting and differences in interpretation.

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HM 102 - Technical Writing: Lecture 01: Recognizing Fundamental Aspects of Writing

This document provides an overview of a technical writing course. It introduces the instructor, teaching assistant, and covers fundamental aspects of technical writing such as having a clear central idea, organization, use of supporting materials, expression appropriate for the audience, and proper grammar. Technical writing is defined as communicating scientific and technical information accurately and efficiently. Examples of technical writing include user manuals, reports, proposals, and web pages. The history of technical writing involves cave paintings, clay tablets, and papyrus records used to convey information. The class will discuss problems that can occur in factual communication due to incomplete reporting and differences in interpretation.

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HM 102 – TECHNICAL WRITING INSTRUCTOR: Ms.

Moneeza
Rafiq
LECTURE 01: RECOGNIZING Email:
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF moneeza.rafiq@giki.edu.pk
WRITING TA: Ms. Saadia Khan
Email: saadia.khan@giki.edu.pk
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF
WRITING
CENTRAL IDEA: Good writing focuses on a single, clear, manageable
idea or thesis
ORGANIZATION: There must be a coherent arrangement of material
SUPPORTING MATERIAL: Explanations, examples, statistics, and
quotations
EXPRESSION, WORD CHOICE AND POINT OF VIEW: Language
is clear and appropriate according to purpose and audience
SPELLING, GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION
TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
THE FOLLOWING:
DEFINING TECHNICAL
WRITING

Technical:
Technical
having to do with Writing: the
writing: writing
practical, practice of
about science and
industrial or composition
technology
mechanical
DEFINING TECHNICAL
WRITING
It is a specialized field of communication whose purpose is to convey
technical and scientific information and ideas accurately and efficiently.
It is a specialized form of exposition i.e written communication
especially in fields ( such as science, engineering, technology, and the health
sciences) with specialized vocabularies.
According to the Society for Technical Communication (STC) technical
writing is “the process of gathering information from experts and
presenting it to an audience in a clear, easily understandable form.”
EXAMPLES OF TECHNICAL
WRITING
User manuals
Memos and e-mails
Letters
Reports
Proposals
Brochures and newsletters
Web pages
Flyers
Graphics
Resumes
Standard Operating Procedures
HISTORY OF TECHNICAL
WRITING

Prehistoric cave paintings, Babylonian clay tablets, and Egyptian papyrus records
WWII instruction manuals for advanced weaponry
WHAT TECHNICAL WRITING
DOES
Part of the human experience is to observe and to induce or
deduce valuable conclusions
To discover facts or truths, we only need to collect and examine
data
Technical writing is a factual recording of the experience and
knowledge for the purpose of disseminating it (p. 6)
PROBLEMS IN FACTUAL
COMMUNICATION
PROBLEMS IN FACTUAL
COMMUNICATION
No matter what we see and report, there is always
something left out in our reporting.
Sometimes, even with all our senses, we do not observe
carefully.
This is complicated by language; we may convey a
certain meaning, but the receiver may interpret it
differently.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Pg. 8-9 in Basic Technical Writing, Fifth Edition

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