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Chapter 2 - Objectives in Technical Writing

The document outlines key objectives for technical writing such as clarity, conciseness, accuracy, organization, ethics, considering the audience, multiculturalism, and avoiding sexist language. It provides guidance on each objective, such as using specific details for clarity, limiting word count and sentences for conciseness, proofreading for accuracy, using various organizational structures, considering legal and ethical issues, understanding the audience's knowledge and traits, being aware of cultural differences in communication, and avoiding language that ignores or stereotypes women.

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Chapter 2 - Objectives in Technical Writing

The document outlines key objectives for technical writing such as clarity, conciseness, accuracy, organization, ethics, considering the audience, multiculturalism, and avoiding sexist language. It provides guidance on each objective, such as using specific details for clarity, limiting word count and sentences for conciseness, proofreading for accuracy, using various organizational structures, considering legal and ethical issues, understanding the audience's knowledge and traits, being aware of cultural differences in communication, and avoiding language that ignores or stereotypes women.

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Objectives in Technical Writing

Clarity Conciseness Accuracy Organization Ethics Audience Multiculturalism Sexiest language

CLARITY
1) Provide specific detail
supply specific, quantified information avoid vague adjectives / adverb: some, recent, about

2) Answer the reporters questions


Why, where, who, when, what, how

3) Use easily understandable words


Avoid obscure words Define acronyms, abbreviation and jargons Use active voice

CONCISENESS
1) Limit paragraph length

2) Limit words and sentence length


Use Fog Index Use meat cleaver method Avoid shun words Omit redundancies Avoid camouflaged words Avoid expletive pattern Avoid wordy phrases

3) Technology demands conciseness

ACCURACY
One way...proofread!

ORGANIZATION
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Spatial Chronological Importance Problem / Solution Comparison / Contrast

ETHICS
1) Legalities 2) Practicalities 3) Ethicalities

AUDIENCE
1) Knowledge on subject matter
High-tec, low-tech, lay, multiple

2) Writing for future audience

3) Define terms for audience


4) Audience diversity
Age, gender, family issues, race, religion, physical and mental, class/status

5) Audience personality traits

MULTICULTURALISM
1) Effective communication
Distinguish Between Nouns and Verbs Be Careful when using Slash Marks Watch for Cultural Biases/Expectations Avoid Humour and Puns Avoid Figurative Language Translations May Take More or Less Space Be Careful with Numbers, Measurement, Dates , and Times Use Stylized Graphics to Represent People

2) Avoid Biased language

SEXIST LANGUAGE
1) Ignoring Women or Treating Them as Secondary 2) Stereotyping 3) Pronouns 4) Gender-Tagged Name

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