Technical description

    Textbook access (PART 2, Chapter 7)https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780134433479? context_token=0d880580-8ecd-0139-9feb-6e4a36372b55 Technical descriptions “are detailed explanations of objects, places, or processes” (TCT, 5th ed., 120) that are written by experts for a non-technical or an equally technical audience. Professionals often rely on technical descriptions for two purposes: 1) to describe a mechanism/product/formula/model in detail and 2) to describe a process in detail. A technical description requires specific, direct language so that the reader understands what makes up the product or what the process entails. As an expert in your field, you could encounter technical descriptions on a daily basis and will probably even create some on your own—often for the general public or for someone in a non-technical position within or outside of your company. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS To practice writing this genre, come up with a rhetorical situation that calls for a technical description. Then write a product (option 1) or process (option 2) technical description, based on your rhetorical situation. Be sure to do the following, at minimum: Choose a topic related to your major. Select a topic that you know a lot about, have access to and can take apart. Use a specific title versus a vague one. Write technically (specifically, objectively and concisely). Organize a standard technical description document. Incorporate at least one visual (drawing, photograph, illustration, or diagram) that you’ve created with the major parts labeled (read closely Chapters 18 and 19 of our textbook). Include at least one outside source, complete with a works cited or references page, to support one of your claims, but overall rely on your own knowledge on the topic. Use a reader-friendly style that gives each section (not necessarily every paragraph) its own heading—add at least eight headings. Submit the technical description to Canvas as a MS Word document. If the Word version isn’t displaying your TD as you intend, then also add a pdf version. Do not just add the pdf version. Option 1: Process Technical Description With this option, write a process technical description by describing a whole process or task. Also reveal your area of study in some way. You may pick any process, but you must come up with at least five steps that are needed in order to complete the process. Probably don’t pick a process with too many steps due to our limited timeframe. Most importantly, pick a process that you are very familiar with—this technical description needs to come from you, not from a series of outside sources. Refer to the following list for ideas of what past students have done (but don’t use these): How a combine separates kernels from the other parts of the corn Operating a tool How to identify bullying among 4th graders Developing black-and-white film Building a web page Winterizing a car Quitting smoking Pickling green beans Dressing appropriately for snowmobile riding Treating a second-degree burn Developing confidence Washing a sweater to prevent it from shrinking What happens as cheese ages Cleaning a dog’s ears After you’ve chosen your topic, describe how that process happens, possibly without human interaction. Helpful Note: You are not instructing someone on how to complete the process; the readers are curious about how that process happens, but they are not completing the process themselves.  5/4/2021 Order 344259616 https://admin.writerbay.com/orders_available?subcom=detailed&id=344259616 3/6 Product Technical Description Rubric (X/50) The title clearly states what the technical description details; the introduction mentions the genre/purpose statement, the specific product, the product’s definition, the preview statement and any other information fitting of a brief report’s introduction (10 points). The body sections technically and thorough