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From formal reports to everyday e-mails, this handbook uses smart, accessible language to spotlight and clarify the ways we write today. Hundreds of topic entries, 90+ sample documents, at-a-glance checklists, and dynamic videos break down the best-practices, models, and real-world skills that successful writers use to communicate technical information and data. Updated, in-depth treatment of pressing issues like the job search, the writing process, documenting sources, and social media resonates both in class and on the job, while alphabetical organization makes it easy to navigate its extensive coverage of grammar, usage, and style. With a refreshed, integrated focus on the ways technologies shape writing, the new edition is an essential reference tool for writing successfully in the workplace.
Contents
*New.- .- A.- abbreviations.- abstract/concrete words.- Abstracts.- acceptance/refusal letters (for employment).- acknowledgment letters.- acronyms and initialisms.- active voice (see voice).- adapting to new technologies.- adjectives.- ESL Tip for Using Adjectives.- adjustment letters.- *Professionalism Note.- Adverbs.- affectation.- agreement.- allusions.- ambiguity.- ampersands.- and/or.- antonyms.- apostrophes.- appendixes.- application cover letters.- *Figure A-8. Application Cover Letter (Graduate Applying for a Graphic Design Job).- Opening.- *Proofreading and Follow-up.- appositives.- articles.- audience.- awkwardness.- .- B.- biased language.- bibliographies.- blogs and forums.- *Figure B-1. Corporate Blog.- brackets.- brainstorming.- brochures.- bulleted lists (see lists).- buzzwords.- .- C.- capitalization.- case?.- cause-and-effect method of development.- chronological method of development.- clarity.- clauses.- cliches.- coherence.- collaborative writing.- Digital Tip: Using Collaborative Software.- colons.- comma splice.- commas.- comparison.- comparison method of development.- complaint letters.- complements.- compound words.- conciseness.- conclusions.- conjunctions.- connotation/denotation.- content management.- context.- contractions.- copyrights, patents, and trademarks.- Patents.- Trademarks.- Figure C-8. Sample Trademarks.- correspondence.- Indirect Pattern.- cover letters (or transmittals).- .- D.- dangling modifiers.- dashes.- dates.- definition method of development.- description.- design (see layout and design).- dictionaries.- direct address.- division-and-classification method of development.- *document management.- *Writer's Checklist: Naming Files.- documenting sources.- double negatives.- drawings?.- .- E.- editing (see both revision and proofreading).- ellipses.- e-mail.- *Ethics Note.- emphasis.- English as a second language .- English, varieties of.- environmental impact statements.- *Resources and Examples.- ethics in writing.- euphemisms.- exclamation marks.- executive summaries.- expletives.- exposition.- .- F.- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions).- feasibility reports.- figures of speech.- flowcharts.- footnotes (see documenting sources).- formal reports.- *Digital Tip: Creating an Index.- Sample Formal Report.- *Digital Tip: Creating Styles and Templates.- format.- forms.- *Sequencing Entries.- *forums (see blogs and forums).- fragments (see sentence fragments).- functional shift.- .- G.- garbled sentences.- gender.- general and specific methods of development.- global communication.- global graphics.- glossaries.- gobbledygook.- grammar.- grant proposals.- graphs.- .- H.- headers and footers.- headings.- hyphens.- .- I.- idioms.- illustrations (see visuals).- *incident reports.- indexing.- *infographics.- inquiries and responses.- instant messaging.- instructions.- intensifiers.- interjections.- international correspondence.- interviewing for information.- interviewing for a job.- introductions.- investigative reports.- italics.- .- J.- jargon.- job descriptions.- job search.- Job or Internship Applications.- *journal articles (see trade journal articles).- .- K.- ?.- L.- .- laboratory reports.- layout and design.- letters.- listening.- lists.- literature reviews.- logic errors.- .- M.- malapropisms.- manuals.- maps.- mathematical equations.- meetings.- memos.- methods of development.- minutes of meetings.- mixed constructions.- modifiers.- mood.- .- N.- narration.- newsletter articles.- newsletters.- nominalizations.- note-taking.- nouns.- number (grammar).- numbers.- .- O.- objects.- order-of-importance method of development.- organization.- organizational charts.- outlining.- P.- pace.- paragraphs.- parallel structure.- paraphrasing.- parentheses.- parts of speech.- periods.- person.- persuasion.- photographs.- phrases.- plagiarism.- plain language.- point of view.- positive writing.- possessive case.- prefixes.- preparation .- prepositions.- presentations.- *Professionalism Note? .- process explanation.- progress and activity reports .- pronoun reference.- pronouns.- proofreading.- *Professionalism Note.- proposals.- punctuation.- purpose.- .- Q.- question marks.- questionnaires .- quotation marks.- quotations.- .- R.- readers.- reference letters.- refusal letters.- Figure R-3. Refusal with High Stakes.- regarding / with regard to.- repetition.- reports.- repurposing.- requests for proposals.- research.- resignation letters.- restrictive and nonrestrictive elements.- resumes.- revision.- rhetorical questions.- run-on sentences.- .- S.- salary negotiations.- scope.- selecting the medium.- semicolons.- sentence construction.- sentence faults.- sentence fragments.- sentence variety.- sequential method of development.- slashes.- *social media.- spatial method of development.- specifications.- spelling.- style? .- subordination.- suffixes.- surveys (see questionnaires).- synonyms.- syntax.- .- T.- tables of contents.- tables.- technical manuals (see manuals).- technical writing style.- telegraphic style.- tense .- test reports.- text messaging.- thesaurus.- titles.- to / too / two.- tone.- trade journal articles.- transition.- trip reports.- trouble reports (see incident reports).- .- U.- unity.- usability testing.- usage.- .- V.- vague words.- verbals.- verbs.- visuals.- voice.- .- W.- Web design (see writing for the Web).- white papers.- word choice.- writing a draft? .- writing for the Web.- Writing for a Global Audience.- .- Y.- "you" viewpoint.
