Written for specific purposes or reasons. Aimed at specific audiences. Easy for readers to understand. Contains accurate information. A specific need, purpose, question, dilemma, concern must be addressed.
Purposes often are to inform, instruct, persuade or document.
Do not emphasize YOUR feelings or opinions. Readers of technical information are often defined in terms of their information needs and what they do at work. Technical communicators can better aim their documents at specific audiences if they learn about their readers' values and attitudes. Clarifying complex information Information should be easy for your audience to understand. Clarity Conciseness Organization Grammar Striving for accuracy Readers depend on the document to accomplish a task or solve a problem.