ECS 3390 Review

Standard margins for a professional document are

• 1.25"

• 2" top/bottom, 1" left/right

• 1"

• 1.10"

The rhetorical situation includes three elements:

• structure, form, and language

• audience, purpose, and constraints

• nouns, verbs, and complements

• style, mechanics, and format

Which of the following is NOT front matter?

• table of contents

• list of figures and tables

• title page

• references

In building your resume, do not include the following in your personal letterhead:

• full name

• cell phone number

• home address

• LinkedIn URL

Create your Application Package to obtain

• an interview

• a job

• a connection

• a friend

Technical communication should be

• descriptive

• impersonal

• clear and concise

• passive

Professional and technical communication requires

• objective evidence

• large vocabulary

• stated personal conviction

• creative writing skills

You should cite

• only quotes

• data you had to look up

• paraphrased narrative, facts, statistics, and quotes

• personal opinions

Use active voice as your standard because

• it is easy for your audience to understand

• your English teacher said so

• your audience may not be intelligent

• you make less mistakes in your writing

The two purposes for technical communication are

• to express and to document

• to personalize and to challenge

• to inform and to persuade

• to instruct and to reflect