Describe an object in 1 page following the same style needed. 2:30 hours!

Technical Description

Homework

Overview

A technical description provides concrete details, precise words, and visuals to show readers what an object, mechanism, or product looks like, how it is put together, and/or how it works. Some technical descriptions detail processes instead of objects—for example, how a customer’s credit card is processed online by a hotel’s website. Composing technical descriptions, however, requires writer to recognize audience needs and expectations as well as pay careful attention to language use. In most cases, audiences need to know answer to one or more of the following questions:

· What is it?

· What does it look like?

· What does it do?

· What is it made of?

· How does it work?

· How has it been put together?

Guidelines

Choose an object that is located near you at the moment: a pen, a cell phone, a book, a beer keg, etc. Using sensory detail, write a complete description of this object. Focus only on its parts and its characteristics, rather than on what the thing does or is used for. You should consult the list of characteristics in Chapter 16 of TCTC to help you decide which aspects are most important. In fact, in order to have success on this assignment, you’re going to need a good understanding of Ch. 16, so make sure you read it carefully before you start writing.

Let us be clear that this is a Homework assignment and not one of your major papers. By the end of the module, you need to submit your final homework assignment to the assignment dropbox. This is a Description assignment, so it should be titled LastnameDescription.doc

Requirements

· Approximately 350-550 words

· Include your name, date, and course in the top left corner of the document

· Use the object as the title of the document (i.e. Nintendo Wii Controller)

· After your description, place a bullet list of the different criteria you used to describe your object (see page 478 of Ch. 16 in TCTC for help with this)

Evaluation

The experience of writing a technical definition is what’s important in this assignment, so you’ll receive full credit as long as you meet the expectations listed below:

· Fulfill the requirements listed above

· Demonstrate that you’ve put thought and effort into this assignment

· Demonstrate that you have organized the material with the end-user in mind (i.e. the info is accessible for anyone trying to use this technical definition)

· The description is clear and grammatically correct.

· The overall document is visually effective

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