Questions
- What is the significance of the report defining and describing the FinkelBOAT 688 Attack Submarine (as opposed to a submarine or the U.S.S. Bowfin)? How does this designation or term affect his subsequent descriptions?
- What logic organizes the discussion paragraphs, the sequence of parts? (How should we sequence the parts in the discussion?)
- Identify five abstract descriptions in this report. What makes these words/phrases abstract? Offer revisions.
- Identify the worst technical definition. How does it meet/not meet our criteria for a technical definition? Offer a revision.
- Identify the least relevant diagram or photo in this report. What makes it irrelevant? What does this tell you about the function of visuals in technical writing?
- Evaluate (grade) this report in accordance with our definitions of technical writing and mechanism descriptions. Based on this example, come to some conclusions as to how to better your own technical writing.