Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach
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ISBN: 0155074210 / Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, December 2002
Known for its treatment of the rhetorical situation and its reading-centered approach, the new edition is now full color and thoroughly updated to include the latest developments in technical communication.
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Suitable for students majoring in technical, engineering, scientific, and business fields, this text covers communication processes, including writing, research, information organization, and graphics, and takes a reader-centered approach to creating reports, proposals, and instructions. Chapters on applications give advice on communicating with e-mail and Web sites, working as part of a team, and making oral presentations. Now with a full-color design, this fifth edition contains new chapters on testing drafts for usability and persuasiveness, and managing clients and service learning projects, plus an appendix on the latest version of APA style. The author is affiliated with Miami University (Ohio). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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