Technical Description Peer Review Worksheet
Title of Paper Reviewed: Technical Description Writing of Engineering
Author Name: Zakaria Chowdhury
Reviewer’s Name: Richard Karikari
- What sections does the technical description include? What, if any, sections are missing?
| SECTIONS INCLUDED | SECTIONS NOT INCLUDED |
| Definition/Function | None |
| Components | |
| Visuals | |
| Conclusion | |
| References |
- Is the technical description written using objective language? Identify an example of effective objective language, and any place where subjective language or “ad language” is used.
| OBJECTIVE | SUBJECTIVE |
| Operating systems developed such as Windows by Bill Gates allowed for computers to become more user-friendly and integrated for daily use. | It can also be used to write documents instead of using paper and pen, making it easier to write quicker |
- What logical principal of organization (see reading on technical descriptions for a refresher) best describes this paper?
Mechanism Description
- Are there any places where the language is too vague? Identify them. What questions do you have about the language? What makes it unclear to you? Identify one place where the language is exceptionally clear or detailed. What makes this language easier to understand?
| Difficult to understand | CLEAR LANGUAGE |
| Furthermore, the motherboard allows the CPU to communicate with the RAM to quickly access data and post permanent data to the storage unit using M.2 or SATA connectors. Please explain M.2 and SATA (Give the full abbreviation) | The RAM stores the video files while the CPU can quickly access it to finalize the file output. Great, both RAM and CPU abbreviations had already been fully mentioned. |
- Who do you think the audience for this technical description is? What purpose does the technical description serve?
I think the audience includes anyone who wants to invent, use, or buy a laptop. Its main purpose is to introduce the parts and usage of a laptop.
- Are clearly labeled images included? Do they serve to strengthen the description, or do they make it less clear? Why?
No, there are clear but unlabeled images.
- Does the conclusion demonstrate that research has been done on the item? Is there any additional context that you might need provided in the description? Any unanswered questions you have about the item?
The conclusion is quite great but I think some good research was done on the item.
- Identify 2 Strengths, and 2 areas for improvement and ask 1 question about the content written.
| STRENGTH | AREA OF IMPROVEMENT |
| Good research on the itemDetailed explanation of the components of the item. | Justification of work (Presentation)Labeled the images |
You have a lot of solid information. Did you reference from only one source?
