Technical Writing

Purpose

• Inform, instruct, persuade, call to action
• Not to entertain

Depth of Writing

1. Knowledge:

count, define, draw, identify, record, state

2. Comprehension

predict, infer, describe, discuss

3. Application

apply, calculate, classify, demonstrate, employ

4. Analysis

analyze, detect, explain, relate, transform

5. Synthesis

arrange create, design, develop, formulate, generalize

6. Evaluation

critique, determine, grade, judge, measure, ranks