Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, and Readings

Reep, Diana

ISBN 10: 0205721508 / ISBN 13: 9780205721504

Verlag: Pearson (edition 8), 2010

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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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: 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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Titel: Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, ...
Verlag: Pearson (edition 8)
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Auflage: 8.