Bluring the Boundaries
COMP3040 > Role and Importance of Technical Communication
Introduction
Writing is usually broken into three categories Academic, Technical, Non-Technical. Inside of these categories there are many different types of writings and communications.
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The Boundary
The boundary is not as concrete as you might think. Here is a list of different types of communications:
- Novels
- Talk Shows
- Newspapers
- Poetry
- Instruction Manuals
- Nightly News
- Restaurant menus
- Journal Articles
You would think that some of these types could be easily defined into categories. Poetry must surely be non-technical, but what if it is a poem describing how to build birdhouse, or a poem that you use to help you remember the order of the colors in the rainbow?
Certain technical documents take the from of a traditionally non-technical document, such as Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby[1] which is written as a story and also includes comic strips.
