Friday, December 5, 2014

Comparison Between Technical Writing and Literary Writing


                Technical Writing                               Literary Writing 

                                                      Subject

1. It provides useful information.                          1. It entertains the readers.                           2. It directly informs the writer's ideas.                 2. It suggests the writer's message.                                                                                    
 3. It imparts a lesson.                                          3. It gives directions or instructions                 
4. It serves as a basis for decision making.          4. It broadens a person's
                                                                                 outlook in life.


                                                        Subject Matter

It focuses on the subject related to                       It focuses on man's life or 
 business, science and technology.                     experiences including the                                                                               intricacies of the human heart.


                                                        Language

It employs specialized jargon, which                1. It makes use of figurative   includes technical and scientific                                          imaginative vocabulary. terminologies.                                                                                2. Words and expressions are beautifully                                                                                       interwoven so that they are rhythmically                                                                                    sounded.

Point of View    

In technical writing, the preference                   In treating the subject, the writer may use is the third person point of view                            the following points of view : ( I, we, he researcher, the writer,                                       she, it, they, you).
the proponent, the author).

                                                       Tone

It is objective, unbiased or                             It is emotional, personal and subjective.   
impersonal. 

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