The IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication.

The IEEE Guide to Engineering Communication.

<Strong> Helps both engineers and students improve their writing skills by learning to analyze target audience, tone, and purpose in order to effectively write technical documents </strong> This book introduces students and practicing engineers to all the components of writing in the wor...

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Main Author: Kmiec, David
Other Authors: Williams, Julia, Longo, Bernadette
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
Series:IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Ser.
Subjects:
Technical writing.
Technical writing > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
technical writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Technical writing
Handbooks and manuals
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright; A Note from the Series Editor; About the Authors; 1 A Technique for Writing Like a Professional; Introduction; 1 The Social Situation of Text; The Social Contexts for Technical Writing; Models of the Writing Environment; This Guide's Approach; References; 2 Making Writing Decisions; Introduction; Document Structure and Granularity; Arranging Text at the Macro Level; Creating Effects with Lexis and Syntax at the Micro Level; Intermediate Structural Units and Argumentative Movement; Implications for the Process of Writing; Additional Reading; 2 Writing Documents.
  • 2 Introduction3 Writing to Know: Informative Documents; Introduction; The Purposes of Informative Documents; Occasions for Preparing an Informative Document; Audiences for an Informative Document; Key Communication Strategies When Writing to Know; Questions for Analyzing Existing Documents; Some Typical Informative Documents; References; 4 Writing to Enable: Instructions and Guidance; Introduction; The Purposes of Enabling Documents; Occasions for Preparing an Enabling Document; Audiences for an Enabling Document; Key Communication Strategies When Writing to Enable.
  • Questions for Analyzing Existing DocumentsCharacteristic Enabling Documents; 5 Writing to Convince: Persuasive Documents; Introduction; The Purposes of Persuasive Documents; Occasions for Preparing a Persuasive Document; Audiences for the Persuasive Document; Key Communication Strategies When Writing to Convince; Questions for Analyzing Existing Documents; Typical Examples of Persuasive Documents; 6 Correspondence: Medium of Workplace Collaboration; Introduction; The Purposes of Correspondence; Occasions for Preparing Correspondence; Audiences for Correspondence.
  • Key Communication Strategies When CorrespondingCharacteristics of Correspondence Documents; Appendix: IEEE Style for References; Index; Books in the IEEE PCS PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION SERIES; WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.

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