Show:
Context, Bruh
Who's in the Audience?
Jon Bon Genres
Step 1: Processes
Step 2: Processes
Components, Shmonents
Just the Visuals
Media (Not the Paparazzi)
100

The art of language. The _____ situation. The _____ triangle. Either the noun or the adjective version of this term is acceptable. One word. Begins with an "r."

What is rhetoric (noun) or rhetorical (adjective)?

100

The group of unintended people that you may or may not come into contact with. The ______ audience. One word. Begins with an "h."

What is hidden?

100

This type of employment application document is typically kept to one page, displays the most important and relevant credentials and experience of an individual, and is not detailed. It lists education, work experience and skills, and is often a requirement for most companies and institutions.

What is a resume?

100

These are recorded, detailed decisions, assigned tasks, and deadlines that summarize and include important and main points of a meeting. These should include the time and place of the meeting in which the resulted work was discussed, and these should be established and communicated. One word. Begins with an "m."

What are minutes?

100

These are labels that indicate the beginning of a section in writing. These can appear as main, sub., or as different levels. They need to be clear and precise for ease of readability and navigability throughout a document. One word.

What are headings?

100

This is an example of a _______. 

What is a dot plot? (also called a strip plot or a dot chart)

100

Serving a different purpose than maps, graphs, and tables to display data supporting an assertion, these illustrations show the steps in a process or are used to show a system’s organization and inner workings. One word. Rhymes with "diaphragm." ;)

What is a diagram?

200

The Greek philosopher that believed that a speaker's ability to persuade an audience is based on three appeals: logos, ethos, and pathos. These appeals form the rhetorical triangle. Begins with an "A."

Who is Aristotle?

200

The group of people that could reasonably come in contact with your message. Not the absolute direct and intended audience group, per se. The _____ audience. One word. Begins with an "s."

What is the secondary?

200

These are typically written before engineering and major projects in general are undertaken; these are a plan of action that details the context, the work plan, and the evaluation of a project. They need approval before moving forward with a project. One word. Begins with a "p."

What are proposals?

200

_____ means to avoid the “Divide and Conquer” approach. It is when two or more people work as a team with shared goals, even for written work. There are often roles, and everyone works together throughout the process of a project. Coordination is key. One word. Begins with a "c."

What is collaboration or collaborating?

200

In a written document, these should be somewhat symmetrical, contain topic sentences, and approximately 3-8 sentences in length. One word.

What are paragraphs?

200

This is an example of a ______.


What is a scatter plot? (also called a scattergram, scatter chart, or XY graph)

200

_____ typefaces or fonts are the default standard for the text in the body of a professional, technical, print document. One word. Begins with an "s."

What is serif?

300

The Latin term for trustworthiness, credibility, and sincerity, as a speaker or writer. Begins with an "e."

What is ethos?

300

Engineering peers, who you will come into direct contact with, are a part of your _______ audience. This is the intended, direct audience for your communication. One word. Begins with a "p."

What is primary?

300

______ is the the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done. The ______ of a course of action needs to be clearly stated so that authorizers can decide whether further investment in the initiative is warranted. One word. Begins with an "f."

What is feasibility?

300

This is one of the first steps in carrying out an in-depth, professional project. While doing this, you look at both prior and current work—this will provide context, promote new ideas, improve processes, and help you make better decisions. This helps you go into a project "informed." One word. Begins with an "r."

What is research?

300

This is what the "TOC" stands for in a formal, professional, document.

What is the Table of Contents?

300

This is called a _______. 


What is a histogram? (not to be confused with a bar chart)

300

The physical time and place of a talk is called the ____. The _____ may influence the audience’s expectations regarding content and delivery, as well as level of attention. One word. Begins with an "s."

What is setting?

400

A general term for people or groups of people that hold interest in a company and that can either affect or be affected by the business. These people tend to have something to either gain or lose. One word. Begins with an "s."

What are stakeholders?

400

This group of people are integral to the conditions set forth by a project or business contract; they value the contract and negotiate the contract before signing. This group expects an engineer to adhere to the terms of the contract and report progress regularly. One word. Begins with a "c."

Who are the clients?

400

This type of written document breaks up a process, visualizing the steps an audience will take; this document design uses principles to clarify steps such as precise action verbs, illustrations for important spatial relationships, and relevant warnings and cautions where the audience will read them. This type of document assumes that an action will be carried out or performed. One word. Begins with an "i."

What are instructions?

400

Do this or use these to fulfill the ethical obligations of research. This or these indicate(s) where you retrieved specific information from, allowing readers to easily locate the originals. This needs to be done or these need to appear when quoting, paraphrasing, incorporating facts and statistics, and summarizing. Basically, _____ your sources. One word, begins with a "c."

What is cite, citing, or citations?

400

This type of language is only appropriate for your engineering peers. If used for other audiences, define terms and explain concepts more simply or avoid it altogether. One word. Begins with a "j."

What is jargon?

400

This is called a ______. 


What is a box plot? (also called a box and whisker plot)

400

A _____ is a hybrid between a prose document and a slide presentation. It depends on concise sentences with accurate, sound reasoning. Sentences are laid out on slides with visual tools used to make slides easier to understand. One word. Begins with an "s."

What is a slidedoc?

500

It is important to understand and respect other people's _____ when communicating. This helps you to understand their values, assumptions, common practices for communication, experiences with time, customs of hierarchy, and may inform variations based on gender, region, country, occupation, and organization. One word. Begins with a "c."

What is culture?

500

This group of people are the "authorizers" and make major decisions on a project. If more time, money, equipment or personnel is needed for a project, these will have to be approved by this group. One word. Begins with an "e."

Who are the executives?

500

This type of brief and shortened writing records policies, decisions, or findings as a part of a “permanent record” for an organization's collective memory. These privilege conciseness, reducing a document’s word count, only if it can be accomplished without removing important content. This uses detailed headings. One word. Begins with an "m."

What is a memo?

500

Brainstorming, freewriting, clustering, asking questions, and outlining are all examples of _____? Could be one or two words.

What are invention techniques or strategies? (I will also take pre-writing techniques or strategies)

500

These present the context and main ideas of a document, meeting the needs of the audience. Written especially for decision-makers or authorizers, these must be complete but concise. I will take two answers--the two-word, specific terms, or the one-word term. One word begins with an "s," either way.

What are executive summaries or just summaries?

500

This is called a _______. 


What is a table? (also called a data table)

500

This type of highly visual talk or presentation is very brief. There is no rigid script. People peruse different displays then choose which ones to approach. Transitions between content and points are based on listeners’ knowledge and interests. One word. Begins with a "p."

What are posters? I will also take "poster presentation" or "poster talk."