Types of articles in technical writing

1. TYPES OF ARTICLES IN
THE TECHNICAL
WRITING
REPORT BY: ELLYSA PANIDA NERONA

2. THIS ARE THE COMMON TYPES OF ARTICLES FOUND IN
TECHNICAL WRITING WHICH ARE: EDITORIALS, ABSTRACT
AND EXTRACT, SUMMARIES, BOOK REVIEWS, SHORT
ARTICLES AND LONG ARTICLES.

3. • EDITORIALS
- an editorial is a news paper or magazine articles that is usually give a special or significant
place. It expresses the views of those in control the publication of the matter of current interest.

4. • ABSTRACT AND EXTRACT
- abstract in the strict sense is a short accurate reproduction of an extended
discussion in the words and the sentence of the author while extracts differ
from the abstract in being uncondensed, it is marely a paragraph or longer
passage quoted verbatim from a longer article in reproduced it is called reprint.

5. • SUMMARIES
- the summary as a form of reduction is distinguish from the abstract in
being the words of summarizer rather than in those of original authors. It
should be characterize by accuracy, comprehensiveness and conciseness.

6. • BOOK REVIEWS
- the book review, as it is found in the technical press, present a brief
statement of the contents and value of a book therefore o form of condensation
like the abstract and the summary, but in addition it often gives a critical
opinion of the book.

7. • SHORT ARTICLES
- the most common types of article in technical publications is the short
article of which there are three main varieties the explanation of methods and
process of operations, description of machinery and apparatus and description
of structures.

8. • LONG ARTICLES
- the length of long article range from a thousand to five thousand words.
The subject matter varies from description of new engineering work to the most
profound research work on engineering materials, from mathematical students
to addresses on professional ethics.

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