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| <$$$>1 Engineering and Communication | |
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| I am an Engineer, Not a Professional Communicator | |
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| Writing Demonstrates My Competence as an Engineer | |
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| Writing and Speaking Can Help Me Discover What I Really Think | |
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| My Reader or Listener (My Audience) Is Always My Client | |
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| It is My Responsibility to Turn Data into Information My Readers Can Use | |
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| My Audiences Will Change, and so Must My Writing and Speaking | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Discovering Ideas and Facts: Researching | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Framing Your Writing Project Lab Reports Research and Recommendation Reports for Decision Makers | |
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| Researching Published Information Unpublished Information: Interviews Unpublished Information: Surveys Evaluating Sources of Information | |
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| Managing and Documenting Information | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Organizing Ideas and Facts: Starting to Write | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Starting to Write | |
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| Drafting for Myself | |
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| Using Writing to Think Clearly | |
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| Using Writing to Solve Problems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Writing: Taking Control | |
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| Writing for Control Comes After Drafting for Content | |
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| Readable Style Passive and Active Voice: What Is All the Fuss? Wordiness: Learn to Prune Empty Pronouns Noun Compression: Let Some Air in | |
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| Constructing Powerful Paragraphs Maintain Logical Linkage Maintain Focus Maintain Parallelism | |
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| Grammar and Sentence Structure: Diagnosing and Curing the Problems | |
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| Words: Picky, Picky Verb Tenses | |
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| Punctuation: Why Should I Care? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Displaying Data in Written Documents | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Displaying Your Data | |
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| Figures and Tables: Which is Which? Tables Figures | |
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| Guidelines for Designing Figures and Tables Graphs Tables Taking Control of the Design A Word about Titles | |
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| Integrating Text with Figures and Tables Using Graphics Designed by Others | |
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| Mathematical and Chemical Notation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Revising: When Will I Ever Be Finished? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Writing is Rewriting Rewriting: Guidelines for Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Your Writing | |
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| Organizing a Peer Review | |
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| About Grammar Checkers | |
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| Revising First for Structure and Content | |
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| Editing for Logic and Flow (Mostly Paragraph Level) | |
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| Editing for Sense and Meaning (Mostly Sentence and Word Levels) | |
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| Proofreading for Final Copy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Problems | |
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| Speaking: Do I Really Have to Stand Up and Talk in Front of All Those People? | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Planning the Content of a Presentation: Outlining Audience Highlighting Three Sections | |
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| Planning the Visuals Modes of Delivery Designing Slides | |
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| Planning the Delivery Rehearsing Videoreporting Anticipating Questions | |
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| Controlling Nervousness Before Your Talk Just Before and during Your Talk | |
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| Handling Questions | |
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| Preparing for a Team Presentation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Producing Engineering Documents: The Final Product | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Designing Professional Documents Disseminating Documents Digitally | |
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| Sample Correspondence A Word about Using the Sample in This Section Notes on Sample Memo | |
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| Sample Research Proposals A Word about Using the Samples in This Section | |
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| Sample Progress Report A Word about Using the Samples in This Section Organization of a Progress Report | |
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| Sample Feasibility Report A Word about Using the Sample in This Section Front Matter: Cover Page Front Mat | |