CMN 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Carburetor, Mechanical Pencil
9 Sep 2016
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Week 4: [online module only definitions and descriptions] Intro: a genre is an indicator of the purpose of any kind of technical document: kinds of technical documents: All serve different functions: objective of module: Understand technical docs written in the present temporal orientation. Write a technical definition, description, and set of instructions. Purpose + temporal orientation = set of conditions for writing: this will help you understand context, audience, points of emphasis, tone, and structure of the communication. Purpose: to clarify the meaning of a term to an audience. Most basic form of a definition: formal/ aristotelian: E(cid:454)// (cid:862)(cid:272)ar(cid:271)uretor(cid:863: class = machines that mix, distinguishing feature = mixes air + fuel in combustion engine, thus, a carburetor is a mixer that combines air and fuel in a combustion engine, other ways to write definitions: Explication: elaborate on key features of particular term. Analysis: separate a whole into parts & explain the parts.
