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Environmental Impact IMRaD Report Technical Manual

Statement (EIS)
Rhetori An EIS is developed for IMRaD reports are commonly used Technical manuals
cal the need to gain with writing in natural and social rhetorical situation
Situatio approval on an sciences. The name IMRaD refers revolves around the
n upcoming project. It will to a common organization need for something
be available to be read structure of the report. to be learned and a
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Genre Technical Writing Technical Writing Technical Writing
Subgenre: This is a Subgenre: IMRaD is its own Subgenre: this is an
report. subgenre of a report. educational/
instruction manual
Audien The audience for an EIS An IMRaD report would be created The technical
ce/ report ranges from the for scholars, fellow students, and manual will be
Purpos general public to instructors alike. created for everyone
e specialists. The report is and anyone,
released for the general The IMRaD reports purpose is depending on what
public to read, however described in its name as IMRaD is kind of technical
it is geared towards the defined as introduction and manual it is. A
persuasion of specialists importance, methods, results, and technical manual to
to approve the discussion. assemble a chair will
requested project. be used by whoever
purchases the chair.
The purpose of an EIS is A technical manual
to educate the audience for a line start up
on a planned project and and process control
the impact it may have elements within will
on the surrounding be read by a
environment. If the specialist who
report has sufficient already knows the
 countermeasures to the line and majority of
effects it will cause, it the process.
can them be approved
by the EPA, and the A technical manuals
project will commence. purpose is ultimately
to invoke actions
and deliver a desired
result, I.E.
assembling the chair
or starting the line.
Design The design of an EIS is The design of an IMRaD report The technical
random. There does not should flow with its name. It manuals design ties
seem to be a table of should include but is not limited to directly into its
contents and the order graphs and lists. It may also readability. It must
of the report does not include pictures depending on the follow along with a
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certain portions of the produce an end
report and they are result. Technical
they’re own separate reports will often
pages. They include include lists, bullet
graphics like lists, graphs points, pictures and
and charts. illustrations.

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Credibil The credibility of both Most IMRaD reports will be The credibility of a
ity the author and the EIS written by students and submitted technical manual
report is vital to its to their professors. As it is unlikely will be weighed by
success in permitting a these students will be trained the author who
project. The author has experts in the reports they are wrote it. For
to be knowledgeable writing, they will need to invoke example, you
about both the project credibility by citing other experts wouldn’t want a
in question and its on the subject that will back up or gardener to write
potential impact on the strengthen their ideas or the how-to manual
environment. The report arguments. on rocket trajectory,
needs to be accurate you would however
and detailed which will want that same
use verbiage that is gardener to write
subject-specific to be you a how-to
 approved. manual on
protecting your
rosebushes from
aphids.
Conten An EIS report will have The content of an IMRaD report The content of a
t/ content such as with also be quite descriptive, its technical manual
Organiz potential hazards of the content will include research should include
ation project, safe guards based findings as well as validation instructions and
against said hazards, as for the information presented. diagrams or
well as back up plans in pictures. It should
case the safe guards fail. The organization of this type of also have a table of
The content will be in report is key as the introduction contents should
depth as it will need to will give the readers the basic idea someone start the
list all materials and of what it’s about, the importance project and need to
their environmental of the research done, and so on. If return to it later.
effects if a breach were the audience was to read the
to happen. results section first they may not The organization of a
know what the results are for, how technical manual is
The organization this conclusion came about, or if it quite important.
however is not as even accurate. Your audience must
important on this type of be able to
report. It is designed to accomplish the
have each section self- technical manuals
explanatory allowing the intended purpose by
reader to answer following its
specific questions organization.
quickly rather than
having to skim the entire
report.
Readab The readability of this The readability of this type of The readability of a
ility/ report ties in with its report is vital. Mostly because this technical manual
Editing intended audience. type of report will be written for will not usually be
Although the general academics and therefore your very in-depth.
public does have access grade can depend on you properly Rather is should be
to these reports, there is conveying the information. short, descriptive
quite a bit of content the and to the point. If
average person would The editing involved in this report the audience is
not fully understand. will also be quite important. It is required to read a
That being said however, intended to be read by scholars, page of text for
a specialist in the field peers, and professors. Improper something that
would know exactly the spelling and grammar can affect could be described
terms, chemicals, and the readability of your report. in a sentence they
materials being stated in will run a higher risk
the report. of not grasping the
 step that you are
The editing of an EIS is trying to present.
very important. The
amount of different The editing involved
chemicals and materials in a technical
in the world is vast and manual is not as
with them are many important as the
different names, some of other 2 reports
which are close in listed. Often times in
spelling. Having only a instruction manuals
few misplaced letters you will see a lack of
could mean an entirely commas and
different hazard being periods. The same
present and ultimately steps can be made
cause your project to be without having a
denied. complete though
provided it uses
whitespace properly
to separate the
steps.