Glossary
1. Sauté: To cook food quickly, uncovered, in a small amount of fat.
2. Simmer: To cook food in water or other liquid that is bubbling gently.
3. Steam: To cook food by having it completely surrounded by steam.
4. Poach: To cook very gently, in a small amount of water or other liquid this is hot but not
boiling.
5. Deep-Fry: To cook food submerged in hot fat.
6. Boil: To cook food in a liquid that is bubbling quickly.
7. Basting: Spooning fat over meat as it cooks.
8. Roasting: To cook by surrounding it in hot, dry air.
9. Broil: To cook with strong heat from above the food.
10. Pan-Fry: To cook food by having it halfway submerged in fat in an uncovered pan.
Exercise: Avoiding Sexist Language
1. All the software development specialists and their spouses attended the conference.
2. The supervisor met to discuss techniques for handling union grievances.
3. Every technician must keep accurate records for their monthly activity reports.
4. The president of the corporation met with the sales staff.
5. Throughout the history of human existence, each scientist has tried to make their mark with a
discovery of significant intellectual worth.
6.) The chairperson of the meeting handled the debate well.
7.) All homemade components were checked for microscopic cracks.
8.) The supervisors have always bought flowers on Mother’s Day.
9.) The CEO introduced the company’s staff; the vice president, the chief engineer, and the
executive secretary.
10.) The police and firefighters rushed to the scene of the accident.
Quiz Questions Page 127
1. What are the 4 main types of audiences?
High tech, Low tech, Lay, Multiple
2. What are the differences among the types of audiences?
High Tech:
you can use acronyms, abbreviations, jargon, complex graphics, and so on
Colleagues who share your educational background, work experience, or level of understanding
Easiest to write to high tech
Low Tech:
they understand some abbreviations, jargon, and technical concepts
Use a glossary to define terms
Fill them in on past history
Coworkers in other departments, bosses, subordinates, colleagues who work for other companies
Lay:
customers or clients who neither work for your company nor have any knowledge about your field of
expertise
Writing to lay readers is very demanding
Unfamiliar with subject matter
Explain topic clearly
Avoid all jargon, abbreviations, or acronyms
Need background information on the topic
Multiple:
Diverse understandings of your technology (all types combined)
Define jargon, acronyms, and abbreviations
Uses a matter of fact business tone
Avoid cultural biases
Be careful with humor
3. What are three places for definitions in technical documents?
Place the definition in the front matter or in an appendix of a document (such as a manual)
Use end notes in a report with other researched material
Use pop-up screens for online incorporated into your internet (the reader can access the definitions by
clicking on hypertext links
Use a glossary
Sentences following the unfamiliar term
4. What are the main parts of a definition?
A: The main parts of a definition are the term, type, distinguishing characteristics.
5. Why should you consider a multicultural audience when writing a technical document?
A: You should consider a multicultural audience when writing a technical document because not
everyone in the United States speaks English, and your product will be marketed all over the
world.
6. What guidelines should you follow to write to a multicultural audience?
A: The guidelines you should follow when writing to a multicultural audience are define
acronyms and abbreviations, avoid jargon and idioms, distinguish between nouns and verbs,
watch for cultural biases and expectations, be careful when using slash marks, avoid humor and
puns, and realize the translations may take more or less space, avoid figurative language be care
with numbers, measurements, dates and times, use stylized graphics to represent people.
7. What is sexist language?
A: When writing ignores women or refers them as secondary, or stereotypes.
8. What are three ways to avoid sexist writing?
A: Use pronouns/nouns that treat everyone equally
Avoid masculine pronouns
Avoid nouns that exclude women and denote only men are included
9) How can you achieve audience involvement?
A: Strive for personalized tone and reader benefit
10) What are two things you can do to express reader benefit?
A:Explain the benefit
Use positive words and verbs
Julie Miessen: My part of the assignment was to help think of glossary words for "Culinary", I
also did Avoiding Sexist Language 1-5, and Quiz Questions 4-6. We as a group decided who
shall do what and we all put are input in. We also all checked the document by the due date.
Tesa Long: My part of the assignment was to help think of glossary words for "Culinary", I
helped with Avoiding Sexist Language 1-5, and Quiz Questions1-3 We as a group decided who
shall do what and we all put are input in. We also all checked the document by the due date.
Uniqe Diedrich: My part of the assignment was the Quiz Questions # 7-10.
Hannah Cruze: My part of the assignment was to complete the glossary words for "Culinary", I
helped with Avoiding Sexist Language 6-10, and helped with Quiz Questions1-3. We as a group
decided who shall do what and we all put are input in. We also all checked the document by the
due date.