Choose a simple technological item or a piece of a larger item, of a specific brand, for description. You could describe, for example, a Rapesco stapler, a Pilot Acrobar pen, a portable Anker solar charger or an Alfawise magnetic window cleaner. You can describe an object, a mechanism or a process. Topics will be determined in class and are subject to my approval. Your technical description will have the following elements:

Title: the title should be simply the name of the item you are describing
Introduction: in your introduction, provide the following information:

For object and mechanical descriptions

• What the item is
• The function of the item
• What the item looks like
• How the item works
• What the principal parts of the item are

For process descriptions

• What the process is
• The function of the process
• Where and when the process takes place
• Who or what performs the process
• How the process works
• What the principal steps in the process are

Details: use pictures you took of the item and label these pictures. Alternatively, use images from the Internet, in which case you must carefully cite your sources and label the images. Do not use pre-labeled images from the internet. You can also draw the item digitally or draw it by hand and scan it. If you do this, label the drawing by hand or digitally. Label each part and sub part of the object or mechanism you are describing. If you are describing a process, use diagrams or graphics for each step of the process you are describing. You do not have to give me hard copy of this assignment. Give every image a figure number and a caption.

Conclusion: for object or mechanism descriptions, explain how the parts work together. For process descriptions, summarize the process.

Format: APA style, Microsoft Word, size 12 font, standard margins, double-spaced

Final draft due: Monday February 25, 2019