Includes bibliographical references and index.

. TECHNICAL WRITING: WAYS OF WRITING. Technical Writing on the Job. Writing in Organizations. Reader/Purpose/Situation. Diversity in Technical Writing. Writing as a Process. One Writer's Process. Stages of Writing. Chapter Summary. Supplemental Readings in Part 2. Endnotes. Models. Exercises. Collaboration and Ethics. Writing with Others. Writing with a Partner. Writing on a Team. Writing for Management Review. Writing for Multiple Reviewers. Writing with a Technical Editor. Writing Ethically. Chapter Summary. Supplemental Readings in Part 2. Endnotes. Models. Exercises. Audience. Analyzing Readers. Subject Knowledge. Position in the Organization. Personal Attitudes. Reading Style. Multiple Readers. International Readers. Finding Out about Readers. Informal Checking. Interviewing. Testing Reader-Oriented Documents. Readers Working as a Group. Readers Answering Questions. Readers Performing a Task. Readers Thinking Aloud. Chapter Summary. Supplemental Readings in Part 2. Endnotes. Models. Exercises. Organization. Sorting Information. Select Major Topics. Identify Subtopics. Constructing Outlines. Informal Outlines. Formal Outlines. Topic Outlines. Sentence Outlines. Developing Effective Paragraphs. Unity. Coherence. Development. Patterns for Presenting Information. Chapter Summary. Supplemental Readings in Part 2. Endnotes. Models. Exercises. Revision. Creating a Final Draft. Global Revision. Fine-tuning Revision. Revising On-Screen. Making Global Revisions. Content. Organization. Making Fine-tuning Revisions. Overloaded Sentences. Clipped Sentences. Lengthy Sentences. Passive Voic

Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies and Readingsoffers a flexible combination of instructional chapters and readings that reflect the variety of emphases in today's technical writing classroom. The fifteen instructional chapters offer a general introduction to technical communication, while articles from professional journals and Web sites-which constitute about one-fourth of the text-offer insight and advice on specific communication topics, including writing for the Web. Strategy Boxes in each chapter also introduce students to important subjects related to technical communication, such as voice mail and videoconferencing. Each concise and self-contained instructional unit includes extended models and exercises which can be used in class or for collaborative or homework assignments. Students who study technical writing as part of their career preparation in science, business, engineering, social services and technical fields will find this text particularly useful.