Worksheet on SPECIAL EXPOSITORY TECHNIQUES OF TECHNICAL WRITING

NAME: Lagunsad, Jenifer Q.

Section & Schedule :A – MWF 2:00-3:00PM

A. DEFINITION:

Formal Definition

Activity A1. Write a one-sentence definition of any of three of the following. You should start with the
Specie, followed by Genus, and lastly, Differentia. (10 points)

a. Government
Formal Definition: Government is the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a
political unit or organization. It is also the political direction and control exercised over actions of the
members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states.

b. Novel
Formal Definition: Novel is published as a book that is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable
length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of
action and scenes.

c. Electricity
Formal Definition: Electricity is a fundamental form of energy, observable in positive and negative
forms that occurs naturally as a lightning or is produced as a generator and that is expressed in
terms of the movement and interaction of electrons.

d. Internet
Formal Definition: Internet is an electronic communications network that connects computer
networks and organizational computer facilities around the world.

e. Computer
Formal Definition: Computer is a digital electronic machine that can be programmed to carry out
sequence of arithmetic or logical operations automatically and it has the ability to store, retrieve, and
process data.

Extended/Informal Definition

Activity A2. Write a 100-200 word extended definition of a concept associated with your field of
specialization. Start with a formal sentence definition and use a method in amplification which will make the
word meaningful to an uninformed reader. (You may choose any concept or word to define, as long as it is
related to your field of specialization. (20 points)
 A field of specialization we chose is a brochure type of paper of solignum wood preservative products . It is
belong in the field of business industry. The characteristics of technical writing are observed of the solignum
brochure is that to inform the mainly used of the products, and giving information about the solignum products
and persuades the buyer by its good quality, and that brochure it helps the seller to catch more customers. The
aim of the said sample brochure paper is to reach out buyers by another form of advertisement and sell their
products and to let the consumer preserves their wood against the future attack like termites and the fungal
decay.

B. DESCRIPTION:
Activity B1. Description of a Process: For a non-technical reader, write a description of any of the following
processes with the primary purpose of helping the reader to understand the process. Just choose one. (10
points)

a. How an ice cream is made

b. How to create a YouTube account
c. How update the software of a mobile phone
d. How install an app in a phone
e. How to setup a mobile legend account
f. How to create a Facebook account

F. How to create a Facebook account

To create a Facebook account:

1. Open your Facebook application and tap Create new Facebook account, then
tap Next
2. Enter your First name, middle name and family name, then tap Next
3. Select your date of birth, then tap Next
4. Select your gender, female or male, then tap Next
5. Enter your mobile phone number and tap Next . To use an email address
instead, tap Sign up with email address for the future verification.
6. Create your password of your Facebook account and tap Next, then tap Sign
up.
7. To finish creating your account, you need to confirm in your mobile phone
number provided or on your email address.
Activity B2. Description of a Mechanism: Think of a device, a machine, or any object that you can describe
applying the techniques of description of a process. You may describe its purpose, functions, parts, etc.
Your paragraph must contain a minimum of 100-200 words. (20 points)

We choose a Portable Welding machine. Portable welding machine is a heated tool machine that consist of the
heated tool assembly with two exposed surfaces, two fixtures for holding parts to be welded, tooling for bringing
parts in contact with the heated tool and bringing molten joint surfaces together to form the weld. The purpose for
this machine is to generate heat that melts metal parts so that these parts can be joined. There are different types of
welding and what they are used for:

• MIG Welding. MIG welding is one of the easier types of welding for beginners. Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding is an
arc welding process that uses a continuous solid wire electrode heated and fed into the weld pool from a
welding gun.

• TIG Welding. TIG (Tungsten inert gas) welding uses a tungsten electrode that produces an electric arc between
the torch and the materials. The TIG welder uses a foot pedal controlling the arc length, one hand supplying
the sacrificial rod, and the other hand aiming the electrode at the work surface.

• Electron Beam and Laser Welding. The electron beam welding (EBW) and laser beam welding (LBW) processes
are high-energy density welding processes that offer several possible advantages, including low welding heat
input, high weld depth-to-width ratio, narrow heat-affected zone (HAZ), and reduced distortion.

• Gas Welding. Gas welding is a metal joining process in which fuel gases (gasoline) and oxygen are used to weld
and cut metals. It is also a metal joining process in which edge pieces of a metal that required joining are heated
at their interface by producing coalescence with one or more gas flames such as oxygen and acetylene.

Activity C1. With a topic of your choice, develop a paragraph (100-200 words) following the format for
classification. Refer to the example in the handout for your guidance. Include at least 1 or 2 references
in you essay (refer to the APA 7 edition for formatting your reference list).(25 points)
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Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the most dangerous challenges in this world
has faced in our lifetime. It is above all a human crisis with severe health and socio-
economic consequences.
Since the beginning of the outbreak, health care providers have been shown
more support, solidarity and gratitude than they ever have. Yet, attacks on health
care have continuously been reported and now also include incidents linked to the
COVID-19 pandemic across the world.

This unprecedented public health emergency has demonstrated that health

facilities, medical transport, patients as well as health care workers and their families
can and do become targets everywhere. This alarming trend reinforces the need for
improved measures to protect health care from acts of violence. During the COVID-
19 pandemic more than ever, protecting the health and lives of health care providers
on the frontline is critical to enabling a better global response. Ensuring access to
health services is the cornerstone of a successful health response. Any verbal or
physical act of violence, obstruction or threat that interferes with the availability,
access and delivery of such services is defined as attack on health care by the World
Health Organization (WHO).

As shown in the infographic below, the nature of attacks on health care related
to COVID-19 varies greatly across contexts and can range from the use of heavy
weapons targeting health facilities to the stigmatization of health care workers.
Ultimately whether they take the form of a cyber attack or a physical assault they
deprive people of urgently needed care, endanger health care providers, and
undermine health systems.

https://nya.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Out-of-Sight-COVID-19-report-Web-
version.pdf

D. CAUSE AND EFFECT:

Activity D1. Since the pandemic (Covid-19) hit the world, we have seen millions of people who lost
not only their loved ones but their job as well. The pandemic has affected the lives of many people
regardless of their age or status – young or old, rich or poor, healthy or not – everybody is affected.
People are struggling just to survive. Unemployment is just one of the many negative effects the
pandemic has brought us. Unemployment can cause psychological issues. Therefore, for the
expository technique on Cause-Effect, you are to elaborate “How Unemployment causes
psychological issues”. (25 points)

• Gather data regarding this topic, which means that you are to use reliable sources and cite
references accordingly (refer to the APA 7 edition for formatting citations).
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• Avoid plagiarism and make sure to include in-text citations and reference list in your paper.

• You may write (for those whose gadgets/devices are limited) or encode your answers.

• Limit this task into 200-300 words only or (2-3 paragraphs).

The Covid 19 pandemic

We all have been affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic. We have seen a
millions of people who lost not only their love ones but also their job as well. However,
the impact of the pandemic and its consequences are felt differently depending on our
status as individuals and as members of the society. Some of us are try to adapt to
working online, home schooling and ordering food via online. But others have no
choice that need to be exposed to the virus while keeping society functioning.
Covid-19 is killing people on a large scale. As of October 10, 2020.
( WALA NAHUMAN) PWEDE IKAW NAI HUMAN ANI UG KANANG ANALOGY
PLEASE.
E. ANALOGY:

Activity E1. Choose a concept (any word or idea related to your course or filed of specialization) that you
wish to discuss or explain to your readers— these readers could be of different fields, and some may not
be able to easily understand your concept so analogy has to be applied. With the techniques you learned
for using analogy, develop a paragraph that explains something using this technique (100-150 words).

(25 points)