Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, and Readings - Softcover

Reep, Diana C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205260772 ISBN 13: 9780205260775

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 1996

Synopsis

Covering various types of technical writing, including information on telecommunications and international communication factors, this text includes the basics of grammar, punctuation and mechanics, as well as providing 28 readings with additional material on subjects such as business etiquette for the 90s and the use of colour in technical documents. Models and exercises to help reader the basics in constructing various types of technical documents.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Key Benefit: Intended as an introduction to technical writing, this book's concise and self-contained units include models, exercises, and readings that will give the reader the basics in constructing various types of technical documents. Key Topics: Covers all aspects of writing various types of technical reports and documents, including the latest information on telecommunications (video-conferencing, e-mail, etc), and international communication factors. Provides a small handbook with the basics of grammar, punctuation and mechanics, as well as 28 readings with additional material on subjects such as business etiquette for the 90's and use of color in technical documents. Market: For anyone interested in learning the basics of technical writing.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0205260772
• ISBN 13: 9780205260775
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 604