What Is a Technical Text?

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4 WHAT IS A TECHNICAL TEXT What Is a Technical Text A (cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:71)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:77)(cid:71)(cid:69)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:92)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:69)(cid:3)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:71)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:80)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:3)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:193)(cid:71)(cid:88)(cid:77)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:18)(cid:3)(cid:45)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:77)(cid:87)(cid:3) meant to teach readers something new about a topic It often instructs readers on how to perform a task Technical texts can be found everywhere Instruction (cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:73)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:3)(cid:80)(cid:73)(cid:69)(cid:194)(cid:73)(cid:88)(cid:87)(cid:3)(cid:88)(cid:76)(cid:69)(cid:88)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:3) with household items are technical texts These can include instructions for how to play a game Labels on machinery that contain safety warnings and operating instructions are technical texts Recipes and other useful how-to information are common technical texts found on the Internet or in books A technical text often tells how to do something such as how to set up a tent