Course atlas · STW EX20003

Scientific & Technical Writing, one deck at a time

Every slide of the fifteen decks, filed unit → deck → topic in slide order. Definitions first, then the slides’ own examples, then the tables the decks set up. Nothing here comes from outside the slides — and five past papers are answered against them.

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Unit 01

Forms, audience and effective writing3 decks

deck 1.126 slidesTypes of Writing: Forms & FeaturesSix forms of writing set up as three contrasting pairs — scientific vs science, creative vs content, technical vs business — each with its features, its examples and a sample page.11 topics · 5 past-paper q · 3 tablesThree pairs of writing formsScientific writing vs science writingCreative writing vs content writingTechnical writing vs business writing

deck 1.28 slidesAudience TypesWho reads technical writing: six audience types sorted by knowledge and role, and a primary / secondary / tertiary split sorted by what each reader does with the document.4 topics · 1 past-paper q · 2 tablesWhat an audience isAudience typesAudience identification

deck 1.313 slidesEffective Technical WritingHow to edit and revise technical writing: nine rules, each taught through Original → Revised sentence pairs, and the Seven C's of technical writing.11 topics · 6 past-paper q · 1 tableHow to edit and revise technical writingSeven C's of technical writing

Unit 02

Language, mechanics and ethics9 decks

deck 2.113 slidesPunctuations in STWWhy technical writing punctuates, and the rules for the seven marks it uses most: comma, semicolon, colon, full stop, dash, parentheses and square brackets.8 topics · 2 past-paper q · 2 tablesWhy punctuationCommaSemicolon and colonFull stop, dash, parentheses and square brackets

deck 2.212 slidesMechanics of Technical WritingThe established conventions for how words appear on the page — capitalization, italics, abbreviations, acronyms, numbers and numerals — as distinct from grammar.7 topics · 4 past-paper q · 2 tablesWhat mechanics isCapitalization and italicsAbbreviations and acronymsNumbers and numerals

deck 2.38 slidesInformal & Colloquial EnglishWhat colloquial language is, its seven characteristics, and ten ways to keep it out of formal, professional writing.3 topics · 3 past-paper q · 1 tableWhat colloquial language isHow to avoid colloquial writing

deck 2.411 slidesLatin Words & Phrases Commonly Used in EnglishTwo reference tables: twenty Latin abbreviations with full forms, meanings and examples (slides 2–4), and forty-three rows of Latin phrases with meanings and examples (slides 5–10).3 topics · 2 past-paper q · 4 tablesLatin abbreviationsLatin phrases

deck 2.511 slidesDangling Modifiers & Faulty ParallelismWhat a modifier is and how it dangles; what parallelism is and how it goes faulty; and two comparison errors — incomplete and ambiguous.6 topics · 1 past-paper q · 2 tablesModifiers and dangling modifiersParallelism and faulty parallelismIncomplete and ambiguous comparisons

deck 2.611 slidesActive & Passive VoiceWhat voice is, the three voices (active, passive, quasi-passive), how to change voice — the pronoun table and the verb-form shortcuts — and when research writing uses each.8 topics · 2 past-paper q · 1 tableWhat voice isExamples and voice-change tablesWhen to use each voice

deck 2.75 slidesNominalisationTurning verbs and adjectives into nouns: why scientific and technical writing does it, eight verb → noun pairs, and two sentences rewritten.2 topics · 2 past-paper q · 1 tableNominalisation and its significanceExamples

deck 2.817 slidesBias-free Writing: Adapting Text to Issues of Gender, Race, Ethnicity etc.Why bias-free language matters, and how to write about gender, race, ethnicity and disability — each defined first, then the terms to use and avoid — followed by best practices and how to handle biased source material.11 topics · 2 past-paper q · 1 tableWhy bias-free languageGenderRace and ethnicityDisability+1

deck 2.916 slidesPlagiarismWhat plagiarism is — Fishman's definition, plagiarism as fraud and as theft, and how it differs from copyright infringement — then its forms, the detector typology, self-plagiarism, how to avoid it, and AI.11 topics · 4 past-paper q · 1 tableWhat plagiarism isOxford's specification and a famous caseForms and typologyAvoiding plagiarism+1

Unit 03

Organising a text3 decks

deck 3.118 slidesSignposts, Transitions & Link WordsSignposts guide readers through a text like road signs; transitions connect one idea to the next. Four kinds of signpost, three sample paragraphs, and ten banks of transition words sorted by what they do.20 topics · 5 past-paper q · 1 tableSignpostsTransitions and sample paragraphsTransition word banks

deck 3.213 slidesPatterns of Idea DevelopmentTen ways to organise the information in a text — narration through problem & solution — each defined in bullets and shown in a sample paragraph.11 topics · 3 past-paper q · 2 tablesWhat the patterns areThe ten patterns

deck 3.315 slidesTypes of ListsLists as a technical-writing tool, the nine list types named on slide 3, and the formatting rules for the eight that get their own slides.10 topics · 5 past-paper q · 2 tablesLists as a toolBulleted and numbered listsIn-sentence and simple vertical listsORed, two-column, labelled and nested lists

Past papers

47 answered · 33 skipped as out of syllabus

MA2340 marks · 1.5 hoursAutumn Mid-Semester 2023–24 (Parts I & II)Mid-semester, Autumn 2023–24, B.Tech 3rd semester, 40 marks. Students answer either Part I or Part II depending on school and section. Part I is entirely in the current syllabus; Part II is…14 answered · 12 skipped

MM2340 marks · 1.5 hoursMakeup Autumn Mid-Semester 2023–24Makeup mid-semester, Autumn 2023–24, B.Tech 3rd semester, 40 marks, all questions compulsory. Q1 is ten 2-mark short answers; Q2 is a 10-mark labelled list; Q3, the abstract and keywords, i…7 answered · 5 skipped

MS2420 marks · 1.5 hoursSpring Mid-Semester 2024 — School of Mechanical EngineeringMid-semester, Spring 2024, School of Mechanical Engineering, 20 marks. Answer any four questions, including Q1 (five 1-mark parts), which is compulsory. Every question on this paper is in t…12 answered · 0 skipped

RM2420 marks · 1.5 hoursSpring Re-Mid-Semester 2024 — School of Computer EngineeringRe-mid-semester, Spring 2024, School of Computer Engineering, 4th semester, 20 marks, all questions compulsory. Only 7 of the 20 marks are in the current syllabus: Q1(a)–(d) and Q2(B).5 answered · 5 skipped

ES2450 marks · 2.5 hoursSpring End-Semester 2024 (Set 7, SOT)End-semester, Spring 2024, question set 7 (SOT), for the 2022 and earlier admitted batches, 50 marks. Answer five questions: Section A (ten 1-mark parts) is compulsory, plus any four of Q2–…9 answered · 11 skipped