Technical Writing
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Description
Contents
Reviews
Language
English
ISBN
Unknown
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements
External Link Disclaimer
Introduction
1. Professional Communications
1.1 Texting
1.2 E-mail
1.3 Netiquette
1.4 Memorandums
1.5 Letters
2. Audience Analysis
2.1 Types of audiences
2.2 Audience analysis
2.3 Adapting your writing to meet your audience’s needs
3. Proposals
3.1 Some preliminaries
3.2 Types of proposals
3.3 Typical scenarios for the proposal
3.4 Common sections in proposals
3.5 Special assignment requirements
3.6 Proposals and audience
3.7 Revision checklist for proposals
4. Information Literacy
4.1 Information formats
4.2 The information timeline
4.3 The research cycle
4.4 Research tools
4.5 Search strategies
4.6 Evaluate sources
5. Citations and Plagiarism
5.1 Citations
5.2 Plagiarism
6. Progress Reports
6.1 Functions and Contents of Progress Reports
6.2 Timing and Format of Progress Reports
6.3 Organizational Patterns or Sections for Progress Reports
6.4 Other Parts of Progress Reports
6.5 Revision Checklist for Progress Reports
7. Outlines
7.1 Creating and using outlines
7.2 Developing the rough outline
8. Creating and Integrating Graphics
8.1 Deciding which graphics to include
8.2 Other considerations: audience
8.3 Other considerations: placement and context
8.4 Samples
8.5 Guidelines for graphics: a final review
9. Ethics in Technical Writing
9.1 General Principles
9.2 Presentation of information
9.3 Typical Ethics Issues in Technical Writing
9.4 Ethics and documenting sources
9.5 Ethics, Plagiarism, and Reliable Sources
9.6 Professional ethics
10. Technical Reports: Components and Design
10.1 Cover letter
10.2 Cover page
10.3 Abstract and executive summary
10.4 Table of contents
10.5 List of figures and tables
10.6 Introduction
10.7 Body of the report
10.8 Conclusions
11. Basic Design and Readability in Publications
11.1 On Style Conventions
11.2 Concept 1: Know Your Audience
11.3 Concept 2: Know your Purpose
11.4 Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP
11.4 Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP, continued
11.4 Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP, continued
11.4 Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP, continued
11.5 Slides and PowerPoint presentations
11.6 Conclusion
12. Employment Materials
12.1 Preparation
12.2 Resume Formats
12.3 Resume Sections and Guidelines
12.4 Cover Letters
12.5 Next Steps
13. Communicating across Cultures
13.1 Understanding Culture
13.2 Understanding Cultural Context
13.3 Deepening Cultural Understanding
13.4 Defining Intercultural Communication
14. Thinking about Writing
14.1 Getting Curious
14.2 Genre, Genre Sets, Genre Systems
14.3 Methods for Studying Genres
14.4 Conclusion
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