Technical Writing

MaryJo A. (United States of America)
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  1. perspective
    a way of regarding situations or topics
  2. contour language
    a tone language that uses pitch changes
  3. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
  4. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  5. expository
    serving to expound or set forth
  6. discourse
    an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
  7. flow of air
    the flow of air
  8. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
  9. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  10. source
    the place where something begins
  11. reflective
    capable of physically throwing back light or sound
  12. composition
    the way in which someone or something is put together
  13. secondary
    being of second rank or importance or value
  14. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  15. synthesize
    combine and form a complex whole
  16. technical
    of or relating to aptitude in a practical skill
  17. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  18. thesis
    an unproved statement advanced as a premise in an argument
  19. topic sentence
    a statement that provides the main idea of a paragraph
Created on Thu Apr 07 11:10:10 EDT 2011

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