tech writing

Technical Description (text) Rubric

Does your description analyze its audience by

· catering to a generalized audience?

· consisting of either an object, a mechanism, and/or process?

Does the title indicate

· the nature of the description?

· the scope of the description?

· whether it’s a general or focused description?

Does the introduction

· answer the questions in table 20.1 (left-hand side for object/mechanism and right-hand side for process)?

· provide any information that readers need in order to understand the detailed information that follows? (545)

· show the background of the problem or opportunity?

· contain the scope of the description?

· forecast the organization of the description?

Does the body

· provide appropriate detail?

· [for mechanism/object] choose an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., spatial, functional, compare/contrast, etc.)?

· [for process] use a step-by-step description that uses causal relationships and the present tense?

· use third-person verb conjugations

· use headings or other appropriate organizational structures?

· have paragraph elements such as:

· body and transitional paragraphs

· topic sentences

· supporting information

· appropriate paragraph lengths, divisions?

· coherence devices like:

· transitional words/phrases?

· key word repetition?

· demonstrative pronouns followed by nouns?

· Listing elements?

· Use good writing techniques and sentence structures like:

· parallelism?

· chapter 10’s advice?

· analogies, metaphors, similes?

· descriptive writing?

· sensory details?

Does the conclusion

· [for mechanism/object] state briefly how the parts function together?

· [for process] summarizes the principal steps?

Total Points Possible: ______/75