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 are easily definable into categories. Poetry must surely be non-technical, but what if it is a poem describing how to build birdhouse, or even 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 books.
