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Technical Writing

A textbook focusing on writing in the workplace, with an emphasis on audience analysis, writing for specific situations, document design, research processes, and visual aids.

CompositionHumanities
Author
DeSilva et al.
Publisher
Central Oregon Community College
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 83 sections
  1. 01: Professional Communications
  2. 01.1: Texting
  3. 01.2: E-mail
  4. 01.3: Netiquette
  5. 01.4: Memorandums
  6. 01.5: Letters
  7. 02: Audience Analysis
  8. 02.1: Types of audiences
  9. 02.2: Audience analysis
  10. 02.3: Adapting your writing to meet your audiences needs
  11. 03: Proposals
  12. 03.1: Some preliminaries
  13. 03.2: Types of proposals
  14. 03.3: Typical scenarios for the proposal
  15. 03.4: Common sections in proposals
  16. 03.5: Special assignment requirements
  17. 03.6: Proposals and audience
  18. 03.7: Revision checklist for proposals
  19. 04: Information Literacy
  20. 04.1: Information formats
  21. 04.2: The information timeline
  22. 04.3: The research cycle
  23. 04.4: Research tools
  24. 04.5: Search strategies
  25. 04.6: Evaluate sources
  26. 05: Citations and Plagiarism
  27. 05.1: Citations
  28. 05.2: Plagiarism
  29. 06: Progress Reports
  30. 06.1: Functions and Contents of Progress Reports
  31. 06.2: Timing and Format of Progress Reports
  32. 06.3: Organizational Patterns or Sections for Progress Reports
  33. 06.4: Other Parts of Progress Reports
  34. 06.5: Revision Checklist for Progress Reports
  35. 07: Outlines
  36. 07.1: Creating and using outlines
  37. 07.2: Developing the rough outline
  38. 08: Creating and Integrating Graphics
  39. 08.1: Deciding which graphics to include
  40. 08.2: Other considerations: audience
  41. 08.3: Other considerations: placement and context
  42. 08.4: Samples
  43. 08.5: Guidelines for graphics: a final review
  44. 09: Ethics in Technical Writing
  45. 09.1: General Principles
  46. 09.2: Presentation of information
  47. 09.3: Typical Ethics Issues in Technical Writing
  48. 09.4: Ethics and documenting sources
  49. 09.5: Ethics Plagiarism and Reliable Sources
  50. 09.6: Professional ethics
  51. 10: Technical Reports: Components and Design
  52. 10.1: Cover letter
  53. 10.2: Cover page
  54. 10.3: Abstract and executive summary
  55. 10.4: Table of contents
  56. 10.5: List of figures and tables
  57. 10.6: Introduction
  58. 10.7: Body of the report
  59. 10.8: Conclusions
  60. 11: Basic Design and Readability in Publications
  61. 11.1: On Style Conventions
  62. 11.2: Concept 1: Know Your Audience
  63. 11.3: Concept 2: Know your Purpose
  64. 11.4: Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP
  65. 11.4: Concept 3: Make Your Publication More Inviting Using Basic Principles of Readability: CRAP continued
  66. 11.5: Slides and PowerPoint presentations
  67. 11.6: Conclusion
  68. 12: Employment Materials
  69. 12.1: Preparation
  70. 12.2: Resume Formats
  71. 12.3: Resume Sections and Guidelines
  72. 12.4: Cover Letters
  73. 12.5: Next Steps
  74. 13: Communicating across Cultures
  75. 13.1: Understanding Culture
  76. 13.2: Understanding Cultural Context
  77. 13.3: Deepening Cultural Understanding
  78. 13.4: Defining Intercultural Communication
  79. 14: Thinking about Writing
  80. 14.1: Getting Curious
  81. 14.2: Genre Genre Sets Genre Systems
  82. 14.3: Methods for Studying Genres
  83. 14.4: Conclusion