Assignment:
Analyzing two technical descriptions
This task is designed to help prepare you for the first writing assignment, the technical description
At the top of the Content area for Week 1, you will see two items:
-how hybrid cars work
-how laser printers work
Please peruse those two websites. The hybrid car website has a Flash as well as an HTML version you can explore.
Then examine the following two reading texts. The first one by Markel is available in the Content area for Week 1. The article my McMurrey is available at the following link:
Technical Description: What Does it Look Like? By David McMurrey https://www.prismnet.com/~hcexres/textbook/desc.html
Please respond to this discussion topic by answering the following question:
How do the two technical descriptions-the one on hybrid cars and the one on laser printers-apply the strategies given by either Markel or McMurrey?
https://www.explainthatstuff.com/laserprinters.html
Please select at least one of the technical descriptions and at least one of the two authors, Markel or McMurrey, and write one paragraph analyzing how the technical descriptions do or do not apply the strategies the author(s) mentions. You can write 100-150 words.