Technical writing for success : a school to work approach / Sue Mehlich, and Darlene Smith-Worthington
Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : South-western educational publishing, c1997Description: xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:- 0538682965
- 9780538682961
- 23 808 MEH
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CONTENTS
PART 1: BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS TECHNICAL WRITING
writing in the workplace
characteristics of technical writing
etc.
CHAPTER 2: AUDIENCE
meeting the needs of a select audience
meeting the needs of a multiple audience
e.tc
PART 2: BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
CHAPTER 3: MEMORANDUMS
audience: who reads memos?
prewriting
e.tc
CHAPTER 4: PROFESSIONAL LETTERS
characteristics of good letters
audience: who reads letters
e.tc
CHAPTER 5: EMPLOYMENT COMMUNICATION
audience: who reads employment communication?
prewriting: getting started on employment communication
e.tc
CHAPTER 6: ORAL PRESENTATIONS
planning
organizing and composing
e.tc
CHAPTER 7: NEWS RELEASES
Audience: who reads news releases?
prewriting: getting started on news releases
e.tc
PART 3: INFORMATIVE REPORTS
CHAPTER 8: DOCUMENT DESIGN AND VISUAL AIDS
Designing the document
Audience: Who reads visual Aids
e.tc
CHAPTER 9: INSTRUCTIONS
/Audience: who reads instructions?
Prewriting: getting started on instructions
e.tc
CHAPTER 10: OTHER INFORMATIVE REPORTS
summary and abstract
mechanism and description
e.tc
PART 4: ANALYTICAL AND PERSUASIVE REPORTS
CHAPTER 11: SCIENCE LAB REPORTS
Audience: who reads lab reports
prewriting: getting started on lab reports
e.tc
CHAPTER 12: PROGRESS AND PERIODIC REPORTS
Audience: who reads progress and periodic reports
prewriting: getting started on progress and periodic reports
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CHAPTER 13: RECOMMENDATION REPORTS
audience: who reads recommendation reports?
prewriting: getting started on recommendation reports
e.tc
PART 5: RESEARCHED REPORTS
CHAPTER 14: PROBLEM SOLVING
find out if you have a problem
define the problem and your purpose
e.tc
CHAPTER 15: DATA COLLECTION
finding secondary data
documenting secondary sources
e.tc
CHAPTER 16: INFORMAL PROPOSALS
what is a proposal
audience: who reads informal proposals
e.tc
CHAPTER 17: FORMAL PROPOSALS
audience: who reads formal proposals
prewriting: getting started on formal proposals
e.tc
PART 6: TECHNICAL READING
CHAPTER 18: GUIDELINES TO TECHNICAL READING
review the material
take notes on reading passage
e.tc
Includes index p. 395-399
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