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KNOWLEDGE ACTIVATORS:

1. Come up with a word or phrase that can be associated with “technical writing”
2. Use semantic web to clearly show the relationship of ideas on technical writing.

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De-briefing Questions:
What does technical writing mean?
Technical writing is a specialized form of exposition: that is, written
communication done on the job, especially in fields with specialized vocabularies.
Technical writing is a form of business writing where the writer’s goal is to describe
technical information in the most precise way possible. But writers can’t achieve
this with words only. It often includes using other aspects of technical
communication, such as images, graphs, and video.

Do you think technical writing is different from other ways of writing, such as academic
writing, essay writing, poetry writing, news item writing, and other ways of writing? Give
reasons for your answer.
 Yes, technical writing is different from other ways of writing, such as
academic writing, essay writing, etc. These kinds of ways of writing is called
creative writing which requires great imagination, creativity, and innovation, as
you need to tell a story with a huge emotional touch. Your readers could visualize
your characters while reading your content. The main difference between these two
types of writing is their purpose. The purpose of any creative writing document is
to entertain or captivate the reader, while Technical writing documents are written
to educate, instruct, or inform their readers. Another is creative documents are not
written while keeping any category of audience, they are generic. Yes, sometimes
these documents are written for an age group, but not a particular education level
or their job-specific. On the other hand, technical writing documents are always
written while keeping a specific audience in mind. An audience analysis is always
performed to know their education level, understanding of technology, or job
profile, before writing any document. Creative writing documents reflect the
authors’ thoughts and imagination. There are characters, unique plots, and then
the story around it that emphases more on the aesthetics than the usefulness of the
content. The document formats vary from author to author as it is more of their
imagination and thoughts. Technical writing focuses more on the use as they are
meant to guide the user to perform certain actions or educate them. They are more
clear and precise documents. The author uses specific formats and style guides
which are mostly determined by the company or a group of writers who are writing
for the same domain.