Lets pray..

O Precious Father, I call to you

wanting you to know how important
your love and forgiveness are in my
life. Thank you for sending Jesus to
show your love and pay the debt of
my sin. Help me to live today as
your child: may others see my joy
and my passion for you as I seek to
live for your glory. In the name of
my Savior, Jesus, I pray. Amen.

TECHNICAL
WRITING

Communication
through Writing
Writing is one medium used in
communication. This course covers one
aspect of writing as a method of
communication. Particularly, we are
referring to TECHNICAL WRITING as a
method to communicate purposively.
LETS GET ACQUAINTED WITH
TECHNICAL WRITING: Read the two
writings about tennis shoes. One is a
poem about a shoe; the other is technical
specification for making one.

Ode to a Shoe
My sons tennis shoes rest temporarily in a
heap against the kitchen door,
their laces soiled, their tongues hanging out
like exhausted terriers.
The soles, worn down on the insides from
sliding into second,
are green, the shades of summer.
Canvas exteriors, once pristine white, are the
colors of the rainbow
sun bleached, mud splattered, rained on,
ketchup and mustard adorned,
each shoe shouting a childs joyous
exuberance: Im alive!

Technical Specifications
for
Manufacturing Tennis
Laces: 15" long
Sole:
Neoprene
rubber
Shoes
100% cotton
#345
white enameled paint
1.589" high
Slammer waffle-textured

Aglets: Clear
polyacetate plastic #290

Uppers: Blue canvas

Weight: 1 lb. 6 oz.

Tongue: White canvas

Oval Slammer logo heatpressure sealed,
centered .50"
from all sides

 What similarities (if

any) and differences do
you see between the
Ode to the Shoe and
Technical
Specifications ..?

List as many
words/adjectives you can
think of that are related to
TECHNICAL WRITING.

What is Technical
Writing?

Technical Writing
Technical writing is
communication (in any field) the
primary aim of which is to convey a
particular piece of information for
a particular purpose to a
particular reader or group of
readers. (Alcantara, R., Technical
Writing for Filipino Students)

Lets try to breakdown this

definition:
It is communication the main thing is to be clearly
understood
It is informationit is factual, real, accurate,
objective, verifiable, exact
It has a particular purpose- it is intentional,
context-specific, purpose may be: to give information
needed to complete a specific task or to make
necessary decisions
It is directed to a particular or specific target
reader/audience(e.g. prospective employer,
teacher, vendor, client)

Ballesteros (Technical Writing,

2006) defined it as:
A method of communication which
generally falls within the field of
science and engineering.
It is characterized by certain formal
elements, such as its use of scientific
or technical vocabulary, its use of
graphic aids and the use of
conventional report forms.
It is ideally characterized by the
maintenance of objectivity expressed
through giving concise and accurate


ELEMENTS OF
TECHNICAL WRITING


ELEMENTS OF
TECHNICAL WRITING

Technical Writing
Technical writing requires clarity
of expression and therefore
simplicity of language.
Technical writing is intent on
expressing certain key concepts
so that these may be understood
as easily as possibly by the
intended readers.