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  Offers a flexible combination of instructional chapters and readings that reflect technical writing today.   KEY TOPICS:  The readings from professional journals and Web sites offer insight and advice on specific communication topics, including writing for the Web. Model documents in every chapter illustrate a comprehensive array of technical documents and Web pages, and many show successive drafts so readers can analyze changes made during the writing process. An extensive section on career correspondence includes guidelines for traditional, scanned, email and Web-based résumés, so readers learn about the principles of contemporary business writing. Guidelines for Web writing and design include citation of Internet sources and present Web pages as models for discussion and exercises.   MARKET:  For people preparing for careers in science, business, engineering, social services and technical fields.

Table of Contents:
PART 1: Technical Writing: Ways of Writing 1 Technical Writing on the Job 2 Collaboration and Ethics 3 Audience 4 Organization 5 Revision and Style 6   Document Design 7 Writing for the Web 8 Definition 9 Description 10 Instructions, Procedures, and Process Explanations 11 Formal Report Elements 12 Short and Long Reports 13 Types of Reports 14 Letters, Memos, and Email 15 Career Communication and Workplace Strategies 16 Oral Presentations PART 2: Technical Writing: Advice from the Workplace Appendix: Guidelines for Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics

About the Author :
A former Department Chair, and Full Professor of the English Department at the University of Akron, Dr. Diana Reep is on the Editorial Review Board of the _ Journal of Business Communication_, and specializes in business and technical communication and film studies. She is the author of several publications, including _ The Educator's Writing Handbook_ and _ Business and Technical Writing: An Annotated Bibliography of Books from 1880-1980_. Her books of literary criticism are _ Margaret Deland and the Rescue and Romance_. She has also published a novel and numerous articles on television and gender roles, soap operas, the saloon in western films, Anne Rice's _ Interview with the Vampire_, and issues of business and technical communication.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205721504
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 10 mm
  • No of Pages: 544
  • Sub Title: Principles, Strategies, and Readings
  • ISBN-10: 0205721508
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N


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