To change a belief and audience holds. To move an audience to action . Characteristics of persuasive technical documents They make claims or assertions . They present evidence . They address skeptical readers.
Writers have to anticipate the opposition.
Definition Chronological arrangement Keep readers informed where they are in a series of events . Chronological narratives usually treated in businesslike way. Can pertain to past or future events. Use in technical writing is to describe a sequence of events and results in a change. Analogy Comparisons of the unfamiliar in order to make the unfamiliar more understandable.