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Alex Klein-Conrad 11103551 Online Tech. Writing

1. **What are the four main types of audiences?** High Tech., Low Tech., Lay, Multiple Audiences

2. **What are the differences among the types of audiences?** Exact or similar, similar but not entirely the same, little to no knowledge, multiple knowledge levels and ideas

3. **What are three places for definitions in technical documents?** Parenthetically, In a sentence, In a Glossary

4. **What are the main parts of a definition?** Term+ Type + Definition

5. **Why should you consider a multicultural audience when writing a technical document?** It allows the writer to get their point across more thoroughly

6. **What guidelines should you follow to write to a multicultural audience?** Define Acronyms and Abbreviations, Avoid Jargon and Idioms, Distinguish between nouns and verbs, Watch for bias, Avoid humor and puns, translating may take up more or less space

7. **What is sexist language?** Nouns that exclude women and promote only men

8. **What are three ways to avoid sexist writing?** Avoid masculine Pronouns, omit all pronouns, use generic terms

9. **How can you achieve audience involvement?** Use a personalized touch when writing: names, pronouns, explain the benefits of reading the item.

10. **What are two things you can do to express reader benefits?** Explain the benefits, use positive words.

Everyone in the group did select questions and emailed them to alex who uploaded all the questions. Then tyler made everything look good and had everything spell checked.