Elements Technical writing or Academic or Expository Writing Literature or Fictional

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Create clear, concise technical documents
1. Purpose or that effectively use style and grammar and
Objective information structure in ways that create
meaning with the reader. Collaborate
effectively in various writing situations,
including planning, creating, managing,
evaluating, editing, and revising document
production.
General purpose - to present information that displays a
clear understanding of a subject
Objectivity. Written language is in general
objective rather than personal. It therefore has
fewer words that refer to the writer or the
reader. ... For that reason, academic writing
tends to use nouns (and adjectives), rather than
verbs (and adverbs).
The literary purpose is used to
entertain and to give aesthetic
pleasure. The focus of the literary
purpose is on the words themselves and
on a conscious and deliberate
arrangement of the words to produce a
pleasing or enriching effect.

2. Audience or
Readers

All documents has begginning, middle and end. Usually, the expository essay is composed of five narrative structure. The most common
3. Structure or paragraphs. The introductory paragraph contains elements of the narrative structure are setting,
Each part has a specific function.
Organization the thesis or main idea. The next three paragraphs, plot, and theme. The parts of narrative plot
Lenght of each part varies by topic, format and or body of the essay, provide details in support include exposition (the beginning), rising
occassion. action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
of the thesis. The concluding paragraph restates
The resolution is also called the denouement.
the main idea and ties together the major points
of essay. The setting and characters are introduced
during the exposition, and we usually learn
some background information to help us have
a good understanding of the setting and
characters. During the rising action, some
form of problem or crisis becomes apparent.
The climax is usually the turning point and
 includes the highest level of tension. During
the falling action, we begin to see the
characters solving their problems or crises.
Finally, there is the resolution, in which there
is some form of closure. The figure below is a
good visual to remember the parts of the
narrative structure.

Technical writing is straightforward, easy All they are trying to do is explain a concept, Style in literature is the literary
4. Style or to understand explanations and/or imparting information from themselves to a wider element that describes the ways that the
Language instructions dealing with a particular audience author uses words — the author's word
subject. It is an efficient and clear way choice, sentence structure, figurative
of explaining something and how it works. language, and sentence arrangement all
work together to establish mood,
images, and meaning in the text.

Technical writing is used in a large -Admission Essay, Master Level  fiction

5. Sample Work variety of fields such as engineering,  nonfiction
-Research Paper
computer hardware and software, chemistry,  manuscripts
and biotechnology. You can also find -Case Analysis  poetry
everyday examples of technical writing in  contributions to collective works
-Article  compilations of data or other literary
owner's manuals, employee handbooks, in
-Essay subject matter
articles on the web, business letter, research
 pamphlets
etc.
-Thesis  brochures
 textbooks
-Research Proposal
 online works
-Dissertation  advertising copy
 tracts