Technical Writing For Success
by Smith-Worthington, Darlene; Jefferson, SueEdition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-02-08
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary
An engaging writing style that appeals to today's students is combined with a strong practical approach to technical writing - what it is, who reads it, and how to achieve success in this highly relevant field. Coverage includes both technical writing and technical reading.
Table of Contents
| What is Technical Writing? | |
| You Are a Technical Writer! | |
| Characteristics of Technical Writing | |
| How Technical Writing Compares to Other Writing | |
| Audience and Purpose. | |
| Meeting the Audience's Needs | |
| Planning Your Document's Purpose, Scope, and Medium | |
| Technical Research | |
| Researching at Work | |
| Finding Secondary Data | |
| Documenting Secondary Sources | |
| Evaluating Sources | |
| Taking Notes from Sources | |
| Collecting Primary Data | |
| Writing Process | |
| A Process for Technical Writing | |
| Planning | |
| Drafting and Revising | |
| Copyediting and Publishing | |
| Writing Collaboratively | |
| Brief Correspondence | |
| Introduction to Text Messages, E-mails, Memos, and Letters | |
| Audience | |
| Prewriting | |
| Formatting | |
| Composing the Message | |
| Document Design and Graphics | |
| Designing the Document | |
| Who Reads Graphics? | |
| Designing Graphics | |
| Constructing Graphics | |
| Writing for the Web | |
| Getting Started on Web Pages | |
| Organizing and Designing Web Pages | |
| Writing Text for the Web | |
| Special Web Pages | |
| Informative Reports | |
| Getting Started on Informative Reports | |
| Summary and Abstract | |
| Mechanism Description | |
| Periodic Reports | |
| Progress Reports. | |
| News Release | |
| Investigative Reports | |
| Incident Report | |
| Trip Report | |
| Science Lab Reports | |
| Forensic Reports | |
| Instructions | |
| Getting Started on Instructions | |
| Organizing and Formatting Instructions | |
| Composing Instructions | |
| Employment Communication | |
| Getting Started on Employment Communication | |
| Formatting and Organizing Resumes | |
| Types of Resumes | |
| Composing Resumes | |
| Composing Employment Letters | |
| Presentations | |
| Getting Started on Presentations | |
| Planning | |
| Organizing and Composing | |
| Preparing | |
| Rehearsing | |
| Presenting | |
| Organizing a Group Presentation | |
| Recommendation Reports | |
| What is a Recommendation Report? | |
| Starting a Recommendation Report | |
| Formatting and Organizing | |
| Recommendation Reports | |
| Composing Recommendation Reports | |
| Proposals | |
| What is a Proposal? | |
| Getting Started on Proposals | |
| Composing Informal Proposals | |
| Composing Formal Proposals | |
| Ethics in the Workplace | |
| What is Ethics? | |
| Creating a Culture of Ethics | |
| What to Do When Faced with an Ethical Dilemma | |
| Why is it So Difficult to Behave Ethically? | |
| Technical Reading | |
| Technical Reading vs. Literary Reading | |
| Before You Read | |
| As You Read | |
| Inside Track | |
| Organizing with the Direct Approach | |
| Tone | |
| Parallelism | |
| Economy | |
| Using Numbers | |
| Clarity | |
| Active and Passive Voice | |
| Gender Unbiased Language | |
| You Attitude | |
| Effective Transitions | |
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