Technical writing

1. NAME ZAINAB BIBI
C. NO 05
PRESENTATION TOPIC DESCRIPTION AND
COMMON ELEMENTS OF
DESCRIPTION
BS ENGLISH THIRD SEMESTER

2. DESCRIPTION

3. WHAT ACTUALLY A TYPICAL DESCRIPTION INCLUDES
A Technical description includes the names of the product
or process, gives a brief overview regarding its functions
and dives into its size, frames and other components.
Modern day technical description even contain videos and
other rich media to make the explanations as simple and
straightforward as possible.

4. Length of description
Technical description can take many forms, depending on
it’s purpose and audience. It can range from a brief
sentence, to a brief paragraph, a whole section of the
report or an entire manual
Why technical description is required?
Technical product descriptions are often legally required to
ensure safety and compliance.

5. SIMPLE STEPS TO CREATE AN OUTSTANDING
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
● Define your audience.
● Describe the result.
● Gather information
● Build an outline
● Make it interactive
● Proofread and edit.
● Keep updating.

6. ELEMENTS OF DESCRIPTION
❖ Definition
❖ Overview
❖ Components
❖ Explanations
❖ Visuals
❖ Conclusions
❖ References

7. REFINING DESCRIPTION
❏Organization
Top to bottom
Left to right
Most important things to least
important

8. LANGUAGE
● Use specific, precise and concrete terms.
● Define terms necessary for your audience
● Use analogy to describe unfamiliar things
● Avoid vague or overly-general terms

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onents tronics and instrument systems
“Neck and head” like a mast coming out of the centre of the
chassis, this houses many of the rover’s cameras
Six legs – “rocker bogie” design – wide apart, allows all
wheels to remain on uneven terrain
Arm – roughly 7 ’ long, (with “shoulder, elbow and wrist”
joints), with a “hand” at the end, extends out of the front of
the chassis. This contains many tools for drilling, collecting
samples, etc.
Travels around the Gale Crater on Mars, collecting data to
send back to Earth. Its mission is to see if Mars could ever
have supported life, and if humans could survive there
someday
Car-sized, 6 wheel robot, about 7’ tall, with a roughly
square chassis that has several appendages connected to
it that house sensors of various types

11. THANKS