1: Characteristics of Technical Communication
The characteristics of technical communication include media that: addresses a specific audience; helps readers solve problems; is produced collaboratively; formats a document; consists of words or graphics or both.
2. Using a reputable or credible source (such as Webster's Collegiate Dictionary), find and understand the definition of a poem. Then read the
poem "A Poison Tree" (following page).
3. Using a reputable or credible source (such as Webster's Collegiate Dictionary), find and understand the definition of "prose". Then read the
University of Florida's technical article about the manchineel tree (following the poem).
4. Write a brief essay in which you:
A. List similarities and differences between the poem and prose descriptions of the poison trees.
B. Include a short paragraph that applies the characteristics of technical communication to the prose description of the poison tree. In other words, answer the question: What characteristics of technical writing does the prose description contain? Does the poem contain any characteristics of technical writing?
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