English for Technical Communication

A persuasive presentation is aimed at influencing the audience to accept certain positions.

• True

• False

Visual elements in a text make it harder for readers to find the information they are looking for.

• True

• False

A technical description conveys information about a product or mechanism to those who will use, operate, or assemble it.

• True

• False

It is important to prepare the reader’s mind from the start on what to expect from the technical description.

• True

• False

There are TWO types of technical description, process description and product description.

• True

• False

Identify what technique in expanding definition is being described in the following statements. Choose your answers from the box provided. Justify your answer with reasons or examples.

Etymology

1. Compare and contrast

2. Explication

3. Negation

4. Classification

Alcohol originated from the Arabic word al-kuhul, which means a colourless, flammable, and pungent liquid with the chemical properties of C2H6O.

The word autobiography consists of two words: auto, which means self or by oneself, and biography, which means an account of a person’s life.

A cucumber is not a vegetable,

   but a long fruit. Social media is not about social status.

A)Term: Elephant

B)Basis for division-i) Asiatic     ii) African

The way the heart pumps blood throughout the body is like the way a water pump works to pump water into the water pipes.