Purpose, Content, and Organizational Patterns of Common Types of Technical Documents
Formal feasibility reports are composed of the following elements:
Formal feasibility reports are composed of the following elements cont.:
Parts of a Letter
Misc.
100
______ ______ are usually extensively planned and researched. In addition to background information about the project or situation, they may include supplements such as glossaries and appendices.
What is formal reports?
100
The first section of the report should state the purpose of the document and provide an overview of the contents.
What is introduction?
100
If more than one course of action is being studied, a comparison section is used to discuss the differences between the options.
What is comparison?
100
The ______ should include the return address of the sender in addition to the date the letter was written.
What is the heading?
100
The ________ section of a letter includes the writer's handwritten ________ and the writer's typed name.
What is the signature?
200
______ are written documents used to communicate an opinion or conclusion either internally or externally. ______ may be formal or informal.
What is reports?
200
The document should include any material the reader needs to understand the report's recommendations.
What is technical background?
200
The feasibility report may identify several ________.
What is conclusions?
200
The ______ ________ includes the name, title, company, and address of the intended recipient.
What is the inside address?
200
______ __ _______ are requests for information about a service, product, person, policy, procedure, or organization.
What is letters of inquiry?
300
_______ _____ are prepared more rapidly than formal reports and are used when information must be shared quickly. They include little or no background information about the subject, require little research, and contain no supplements.
What is informal reports?
300
Details of the problem or situation for which the action is proposed should be included.
What is situation background?
300
In the __________ section, the writer explicitly states the recommended course of action and summarizes the reasons for choosing that option.
What is recommendations?
300
The _______ _____ contains the information or request that the writer is trying to communicate to the reader.
What is letter text?
300
_______ __ ________ are sent when the writer is dissatisfied with a product or service.
What is letters of complaint?
400
_________ _____ are used to communicate an opinion or recommendation about a possible solution to a problem.
What is feasibility reports?
400
The document should include a list of criteria that will be used to test if the plan is feasible.
What is requirements?
400
The qualities of option A are discussed, then the qualities of option B. This process continues until all of the options have been examined.
What is whole-to-whole comparison?
400
A _________ is a formal greeting used by the writer.
What is salutation?
400
______ __ _________ are sent to help the reader understand a procedure.
What is letters of instruction?
500
The purpose of a ________ or ________ ______ is to educate the reader about a subject, to answer a question, or to solve a problem.
What is research or laboratory reports?
500
The ________ section is used to describe the potential actions and explain how each meets or fails each requirement.
What is discussion?
500
The first requirement is discussed and each option's performance in that requirement is listed. The process is repeated with the second requirement and all subsequent requirements.
What is part-to-part comparison?
500
The ___________ ______ of a letter is written two lines after the last line of the letter text.
What is complimentary closing?
500
An _________ or cover letter should accompany every resume that that a job seeker sends out to prospective employers.