TECHNICAL

DESCRIPTION

-ETC ASSIGNMENT
 Identify the purpose of technical
description

Recognize the two main types of

description
OBJECTIVES
Identify the elements of a good
technical description

Identify ways of being objectives

 shape
ma
ter
ial
s

WHAT ARE THE

TECHNICAL
DESCRIPTION? size

operation
function
MAIN TYPES OF
DESCRIPTION
 Describes what the item is like.

1.________
________

PRODUCT 2._________

DESCRIPTION _________

3.__________
__________

For people who want to use….

 Describes how something works.

PROCESS
DESCRIPTION

For people who want to know….

 ELEMENTS OF
GOOD
DESCRIPTION
Clear and limiting TITLE

Appropriate level of DETAIL

Illustrative VISUALS

Appropriate and clear SEQUENCE and SPATIAL

FUNCTIONAL
 The title should promise exactly what the
description will deliver.

BMW – Safety First!

CLEAR AND
LIMITING
TITLE

How BMW’s Anti-Lock

Braking System Works.
 Give enough detail to convey a clear picture but don’t
burden the reader with unnecessary information.

You need to identify:

APPROPRIATE  Your audience
LEVEL OF  Their reason for using the description

DETAIL

Low detail High detail

 Use drawings, diagrams, and photographs with captions and
labels that help users understand what they are looking at.

Avoid verbal and visual clutter.

ILLUSTRATIVE
VISUALS
 SPATIAL :
What it looks like!
APPROPRIATE
AND CLEAR  Used when we want readers to visualize a static item.
SEQUENCE  A part of all physical description.
&
SPATIAL 2.

1.

3.
5.

4.
 How its work.

 Used in describing a mechanism / device in

action.
FUNCTIONAL  Reflects the order
3.__ in which the parts function.
2.__

4.__
1.__
 How to be
OBJECTIVE
USE Help the reader visualize the
PHOTOGRAPHIC item being described.
LANGUAGE
 Use high information words that enable readers
to picture the item.
 Use exact measurements.
BE  Specify locations and positions with words like
PRECISE ‘above’, ‘behind’ and ‘adjacent’, ‘horizontal’ and
‘parallel’.
 Use corrects name.
THANK
YOU
--By Niken Patel
Enrollment No.-200050131073