SPECIAL

TECHNIQUES OF
TECHNICAL
WRITING
SUBMITTED BY:
CHRISTIAN ADRIAN SAPUNGAN
BSMT 2-IRR
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES OF
TECHNICAL WRITING
1.METHOD OF DEFINITION
2.CLASSIFICATION AND PARTITION
3.DESCRIPTION OF A MECHANISM
4.DESCRIPTION OF A PROCESS
5.INTERPRETATION
 METHOD OF DEFINITION

• Definition gives concise but exact meanings of unfamiliar

words and special meanings of familiar words. Definition is
a useful technique in writing about technical subjects. &
technical writer should define the terms with multiple
meanings and those that are unfamiliar to the reader &
technical writer should give a term a special meaning
within a report by giving the operative meaning to the term.
!he definition depends on the complexity or unfamiliarity of
the term
 2 METHODS OF DEFINITION

• Simple definition:
A simple definition could be formal, semi-formal or non-
formal definition by giving the genus and the differentia of
the term.
• Extended Definition:
Extended definition is by stipulation, operation, explication,
cause and effect, classification, example, and other
rhetorical functions.
 CLASSIFICATION AND PARTITION
• CLASSIFICATION - Classification involves grouping things together
(on the basis of similarities) and dividing from them (according to
differences).
- Classification is the orderly, systematic arrangement of
related things in accordance with a governing principle or basis. The
classifer notes the structural and Functional relationships among
things that constitute a class. In recording this relationships, the
classifer employs certain conventional terms. Acquaintance with
these convenient terms will make the rest easy to follow.
This term has a loose popular meaning and a more precise technical o
ne. “ Popularly, classification is almost any act of
noting relationships. Technically, classification is the act of locating
a specimen of all the different kinds of objects that posses a given
characteristic or characteristics. Initially, Classification must begin
with the recognition that different things posses
similar characteristics.
 CLASSIFICATION AND PARTITION
• PARTITION - is the act of dividing a unit into its components.
The parts do not have necessarily had anything in common
beyond the fact that they belong to the same unit. A
hammer may be partitioned into head and handle. Hammers
may be logically divided
according to physical characteristics of their heads as cl
aw, ball peen, and so forth. Classification, or logical
division, always deals with several (at least two) units.
Partition deals with the parts of only one unit. A hammer is
a single unit. A hammer head without a handle is not a
hammer. The head and the handle are parts of a single unit.
You have probably become familiar with a variety of
partitioning in a chemistry course when you determine
the components of a chemical compound.
 DESCRIPTION OF MECHANISM
- A mechanism is generally defined as any object or system
that has a working part or parts. Most often the term
suggest tools, instruments, and machines. But other
examples of mechanism could be the human body and systems
like the universe or a city, which is composed of parts that
work together like parts of a machine. A technical man
constantly work with mechanisms and always needs to
understand them; what they do, what they look like, what
parts they have, and how this part work together. There are
three fundamental divisions of the description and these
are the introduction, the part-by-part description, and the
conclusion.
 DESCRIPTION OF MECHANISM
What is it?
What is its function?
What does it look like?
How does it work?
What are the principal parts?
 DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS
- A process is a series of actions, and fundamentally the
description of a process is the description of action.
The action may be either one of two types. One type is
that in which attention is focused on the performance
of a human being, or possibly a group of human beings. A
simple example is filling a work piece by hand; in a
description of this process, emphasis would fall
naturally upon the human skills required. The other
type involves action in which a human operator either is
not directly concern at all, or inconspicuous. An
instance is the functioning of a contractor.
 DESCRIPTION OF PROCESS
Six important questions in Description of a Process
What is this process?
Who performs this process?
Why is this process performed?
What are chief steps in this process?
From what point of view is this process going to be
considered in this discussion?
Why is this process being described?
 INTERPRETATION

- Interpretation is the art of establishing a meaningful

pattern of relationships among a group of facts.
Three Key Questions that Arise in Any Interpretation
What is to be found out?
How was evidence obtained?
How will the interpretation be organized?
EXAMPLE OF EACH TECHNIQUE

DEFINITION:
- An electrician is a Technician
- A technique is a systemic procedure used to accomplish a
complex or scientific task.
DESCRIPTION OF MECHANISM
- The pendulum of the clock swing to the left. The pallet
moves in the opposite direction to the right. The right leg of
the pallet engage a tooth of the escape wheel
EXAMPLE OF EACH TECHNIQUE
Description of a process
- A dropped of blood traced through the entire body takes
the following course; the blood with oxygen from the
lungs goes through the pulmonary veins to the left
auricle, to he left ventricle, and then to the aorta of
great artery. This artery and its branches carry the blood
to all parts of the body.
Classification
- According to fuel consumption, cars can be categorized
into two types, hybrid cars and regular cars.
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