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Introduction | |
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Communication, Your Career, and This Book | |
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Communication Expertise Will Be Critical to Your Success | |
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Characteristics of Workplace Writing | |
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At Work, Writing Is an Action | |
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The Main Advice of This Book: Think Constantly about Your Readers | |
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Qualities of Effective On-the-Job Communication: Usability and Persuasiveness | |
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The Dynamic Interaction between Your Communication and Your Readers | |
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Some Reader-Centered Strategies You Can Begin Using Now | |
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Communicating Ethically | |
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What Lies Ahead in This Book | |
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Guidelines, Your Creativity, and Your Good Judgment | |
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Case: Help Mickey Chelini Select the Right Forklift Truck | |
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Overview of the Reader-Centered Communication Process: Obtaining a Job | |
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Central Principles of the Reader-Centered Approach | |
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A Reader-Centered Approach to Writing Your R?sum? | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Using Tables to Design a R?sum? | |
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Electronic R?sum?s: Special Considerations | |
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A Reader-Centered Approach to Writing Your Job Application Letter | |
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Ethical Issues in the Job Search | |
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Writing for Employment in Other Countries | |
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Interviewing Effectively and Displaying Your Work | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case: Advising Patricia | |
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Defining Your Communication's Objectives | |
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Defining Your Communication's Objectives: Purpose, Reader, Context | |
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Create a Mental Movie of Your Reader in the Act of Reading | |
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Guidelines for Describing Your Communication's Purpose | |
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Describe the Task Your Communication Will Help Your Reader Perform | |
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Describe the Way You Want Your Communication to Alter Your Reader's Attitudes. | |
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Guidelines for Creating a Profile of Your Reader | |
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Describe Your Reader's Professional Characteristics | |
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Global Guideline: Describe Your Reader's Cultural Characteristics | |
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Learn Who ALL Your Readers Will Be | |
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Guidelines for Understanding Your Reader's Context | |
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Describe the Context in Which Your Reader Will Read | |
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Guidelines for Other Important Considerations | |
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Identify Any Constraints on the Way You Write | |
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Ethics Guideline: Identify Your Communication's Stakeholders | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case: Announcing the Smoking Ban | |
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Planning | |
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Planning for Usability | |
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Process for Planning for Usability | |
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Identify The Information Your Readers Need | |
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Organize Around Your Readers' Tasks | |
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Identify Ways to Help Readers Quickly Find What They Want | |
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Techniques for Planning for Usability | |
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Look for a Technical Writing Superstructure You Can Adapt | |
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Plan Your Graphics | |
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Outline, If This Would Be Helpful | |
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Global Guideline: Determine Your Readers' Cultural Expectations About What Makes a Communication Usable | |
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Check Your Plans With Your Readers | |
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Ethics Guideline: Investigate Stakeholder Impacts | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case: Filling the Distance Learning Classroom | |
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Planning Your Persuasive Strategies | |
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Persuasion to Influence Attitudes and Action | |
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Persuasion to Help a Team Explore Ideas Collaboratively | |
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How Persuasion Works | |
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The Sources of This Chapter's Advice | |
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Listen--and Respond Flexibly to What You Hear | |
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Focus on Your Readers' Goals and Values | |
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Address--and Learn from--Your Readers' Concerns and Counterarguments | |
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Reason Soundly | |
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Organize to Create a Favorable Response | |
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Build an Effective Relationship with Your Readers | |
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Decide Whether to Appeal to Your Readers' Emotions | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt Your Persuasive Strategies to Your Readers' Cultural Background | |
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Ethics Guideline: Employ Ethical Persuasive Techniques | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case: Debating a Company Drug-Testing Program | |
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Conducting Reader-Centered Research | |
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Special Characteristics of the On-the-Job Research | |
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What Readers Want | |
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Guiding You through the Reader-Centered Information-Gathering Process | |
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Define Your Research Objectives | |
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Identify the Full Range of Sources that May Have Helpful Information | |
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Gather Broad, Credible Information from Each Source | |
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Gather Information that Can Be Analyzed in Subgroups | |
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Create an Efficient and Productive Research Plan | |
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Carefully Evaluate What You Find | |
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Take Careful Notes | |
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Ethics Guideline: Observe Intellectual Property Law and Document Your Sources | |
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Conclusion | |
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Writer's Reference Guide to Using Five Reader-Centered Research Methods | |
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Exploring Your Own Memory and Creativity | |
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Searching the Internet | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Three Ways to Search Efficiently on the Internet | |
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Using the Library | |
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Interviewing | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Conducting Efficient Library Research | |
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Conducting a Survey | |
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Analyzing and Interpreting Information and Data for Your Readers | |
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Guiding Your Through the Reader-Centered Process for Analyzing Information and Data | |
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Review Your Research Objectives | |
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Arrange Your Information in an Analyzable Form | |
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Find Meaningful Relationships in the Information | |
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Examine Subgroups of Information | |
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Interpret the Relationships for Your Readers | |
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Identify the Significance of the Relationships to Your Readers | |
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Recommend Actions Based on Your Analysis | |
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Think Critically Throughout Your Analysis | |
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Conclusion | |
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Drafting Prose Elements | |
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Drafting Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters | |
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The Bridge from Planning to Drafting | |
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The Similarities of Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters | |
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Guidelines for Beginning a Segment | |
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Begin by Announcing Your Topic | |
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How Topic Statements Increase Usability | |
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Present Your Generalizations Before Your Details | |
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Guidelines for Organizing the Information in Your Segments | |
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Move from Most Important to Least Important | |
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Consult Conventional Strategies When Having Difficulties Organizing | |
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Global Guideline: Consider Your Readers' Cultural Backgrounds When Organizing | |
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Guidelines for Helping Readers See the Organization of Your Segments | |
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Add Signposts that Create a Map of Your Communication's Organization | |
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Smooth the Flow of Thought from Sentence to Sentence | |
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Ethics Guideline: Examine the Human Consequences of What You're Drafting | |
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Conclusion | |
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Case: Increasing Organ Donations | |
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Writer's Reference Guide to Using Seven Reader-Centered Organizational Patterns | |
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Formal Classification (Grouping Facts) | |
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Informal Classification (Grouping Facts) | |
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Comparison | |
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Description of an Object (Partitioning) | |
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Description of a Process (Segmenting) | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Problem and Solution | |
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Combinations of Patterns | |
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Developing an Effective Style | |
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Creating Your Voice | |
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Find Out What's Expected | |
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Consider the Roles Your Voice Creates for Your Readers and You | |
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Consider How Your Attitude toward Your Subject Will Affect Your Readers | |
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Say Things in Your Own Words | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt Your Voice to Your Readers' Cultural Background | |
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Ethics Guideline: Avoid Stereotypes | |
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Constructing Sentences | |
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Simplify Your Sentences | |
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Put the Action in Your Verbs | |
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Use the Active Voice Unless You Have a Good Reason to Use the Passive Voice | |
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Emphasize What's Most Important | |
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Vary Your Sentence Length and Structure | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt Your Sentences for Readers Who Are Not Fluent in Your Language | |
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Selecting Words | |
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Use Concrete, Specific Words | |
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Use Specialized Terms When--and Only When--Your Readers Will Understand Them | |
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Use Words Accurately | |
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Choose Plain Words Over Fancy Ones | |
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Choose Words with Appropriate Associations | |
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Global Guideline: Consider Your Readers' Cultural Background When Choosing Words | |
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Ethics Guideline: Use Inclusive Language | |
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Conclusion | |
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Beginning a Communication | |
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Introduction to Guidelines 1 through | |
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Guideline 1 Give Your Readers a Reason to Pay Attention | |
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State Your Main Point | |
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Tell Your Readers What to Expect | |
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Encourage Openness to Your Message | |
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Provide Necessary Background Information | |
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Include a Summary Unless Your Communication Is Very Short | |
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Adjust the Length of Your Beginning to Your Readers' Needs | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt Your Beginning to Your Readers' Cultural Background | |
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Ethics Guideline: Begin to Address Unethical Practices Promptly--and Strategically | |
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Conclusion | |
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Ending a Communication | |
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After You've Made Your Last Point, Stop | |
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Repeat Your Main Point | |
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Summarize Your Key Points | |
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Refer to a Goal Stated Earlier in Your Communication | |
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Focus on a Key Feeling | |
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Tell Your Readers How to Get Assistance or More Information | |
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Tell Your Readers What to Do Next | |
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Identify Any Further Study That Is Needed | |
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Follow Applicable Social Conventions | |
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Conclusion | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Front and Back Matter | |
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How Transmittal Letters, Covers, and Front and Back Matter Increase Usability and Persuasiveness | |
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Review the Ways Your Readers Will Use the Communication | |
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Review Your Communication's Persuasive Goals | |
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Find Out What's Required | |
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Find Out What's Expected | |
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Evaluate and Revise Your Front and Back Matter | |
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Conventions and Local Practice | |
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Writing a Reader-Centered Transmittal Letter | |
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Writing a Reader-Centered Cover | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Front Matter | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Back Matter | |
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Drafting Visual Elements | |
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Creating Reader-Centered Graphics | |
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A Reader-Centered Approach to Creating Graphics | |
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Look for Places Where Graphics Can Increase Your Communication's Usefulness and Persuasiveness | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Graphics Help Readers Understand and Use Information | |
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Select the Type of Graphic That Will Be Most Effective at Achieving Your Objectives | |
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Make Each Graphic Easy to Understand and Use | |
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Use Color to Support Your Message | |
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Use Graphics Software and Existing Graphics Effectively | |
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Integrate Your Graphics with Your Text | |
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Get Permission and Cite the Sources for Your Graphics | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Creating Reader-Centered Graphs with a Spreadsheet Program | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt Your Graphics When Writing to Readers in Other Cultures | |
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Ethics Guideline: Avoid Graphics That Mislead | |
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Conclusion | |
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Writer's Reference Guide to Creating Eleven Types of Reader-Centered Graphics | |
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Tables | |
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Line Graphs | |
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Bar Graphs | |
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Pictographs | |
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Pie Charts | |
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Photographs | |
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Drawings | |
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Screen Shots | |
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Flowcharts | |
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Organizational Charts | |
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Schedule Charts | |
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Designing Reader-Centered Pages and Documents | |
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A Reader-Centered Approach to Design | |
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Design Elements of a Communication | |
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Begin by Considering Your Readers and Purpose | |
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Create a Grid to Serve as the Visual Framework for Your Pages | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Designing Grid Patterns for Print | |
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Introduction to Guidelines 3 through 6 | |
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Align Related Elements with One Another | |
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Group Related Items Visually | |
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Use Contrast to Establish Hierarchy and Focus | |
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Using Word Processors to Create Page Designs | |
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Use Repetition to Unify Your Communication Visually | |
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Select Type That Is Easy to Read | |
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Design Your Overall Document for Ease of Use and Attractiveness | |
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Conclusion | |
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Use What You've Learned | |
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Revising | |
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Revising Your Drafts | |
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The Three Activities of Revising | |
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Checking Your Draft Yourself | |
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Check from Your Readers' Point of View | |
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Check from Your Employer's Point of View | |
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Distance Yourself from Your Draft | |
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Read Your Draft More Than Once, Changing Your Focus Each Time | |
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Use Computer Aids to Find (But Not to Cure) Possible Problems | |
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Ethics Guideline: Consider the Stakeholders' Perspective | |
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Reviewing | |
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Discuss the Objectives of the Communication and the Review | |
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Build a Positive Interpersonal Relationship with Your Reviewers or Writer | |
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Rank Suggested Revisions--and Distinguish Matters of Substance from Matters of Taste | |
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Explore Fully the Reasons for All Suggestions | |
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Convey Suggestions to the Writer in the Most Helpful Way | |
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Ethics Guideline: Review from the Stakeholders' Perspective | |
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Guidelines for Managing Your Revising Time | |
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Adjust Your Effort to the Situation | |
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Make the Most Significant Revisions First | |
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Be Diplomatic | |
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To Revise Well, Follow the Guidelines for Writing Well | |
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Revise to Learn | |
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Conclusion | |
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Testing Drafts for Usability and Persuasiveness | |
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The Logic of Testing | |
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Establish Your Test Objectives | |
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Pick Test Readers Who Truly Represent Your Target Readers | |
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Focus on Usability: Ask Your Test Readers to Use Your Draft the Same Way Your Target Readers Will | |
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Focus on Persuasiveness: Learn How Your Draft Affects Your Readers' Attitudes | |
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Interview Your Test Readers after They Have Read and Used Your Draft | |
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Avoid Biasing Your Test Results | |
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Interpret Your Results Thoughtfully | |
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Test Early and Often | |
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Global Guideline: With Communications for Readers in Other Cultures, Choose Test Readers from the Culture | |
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Ethics Guideline: Obtain Informed Consent from Your Test Readers | |
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Conclusion | |
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Applications of the Reader-Centered Approach | |
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Communicating and Collaborating in the Globally Networked World | |
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Corresponding Digitally | |
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Writing Collaboratively Online | |
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Meeting virtually | |
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Creating Communications with a Team | |
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Varieties of Team Structures | |
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Develop a Shared Understanding of the Communication's Objectives | |
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Make and Share Detailed Plans | |
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Make a Project Schedule | |
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Share Leadership Responsibilities | |
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Make Meetings Efficient | |
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Encourage Discussion, Debate, and Diversity of Ideas | |
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Choose the Computer Technology Best Suited to Your Team's Project | |
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Global Guideline: Be Sensitive to Possible Cultural and Gender Differences in Team Interactions | |
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For Virtual Teams, Foster Personal Relationships and Conversational Interchanges | |
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Conclusion | |
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Creating and Delivering Listener-Centered Oral Presentations | |
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Define Your Presentation's Objectives | |
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Plan the Verbal and Visual Parts of Your Presentation as a Single Package | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Creating a Listener-Centered Presentation | |
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Focus on a Few Main Points | |
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Use a Simple Structure--and Help Your Listeners Follow It | |
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Speak in a Conversational Style | |
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Create Easy-to-Read, Understandable Graphics | |
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Involve Your Audience in Your Presentation | |
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Prepare for Interruptions and Questions--and Respond Courteously | |
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Global Guideline: Adapt to Your Audience's Cultural Background | |
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Rehearse | |
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Accept Your Nervousness--and Work with It | |
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Making Team Presentations | |
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Conclusion | |
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Creating Reader-Centered Web Pages and Websites | |
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Creating a Website, Creating a Digital Portfolio | |
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Digital Portfolio Websites | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Using a Word Processor to Create a Digital Portfolio | |
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Guidelines for Defining Objectives | |
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Learn About Your Site's Readers and Define Its Purpose | |
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Guidelines for Planning | |
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Create the Map for a Site That Includes What Your Readers Want and Enables Them to Get It Quickly | |
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Gather the Information Your Readers Need | |
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Ethics Guideline: Respect Intellectual Property and Provide Valid Information | |
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Guidelines for Drafting | |
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Design Pages That Are Easy to Use and Attractive | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Designing Grid Patterns for Web Pages | |
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Provide Navigational Aids That Help Your Readers Move Quickly through Your Site to the Information They Want | |
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Unify Your Site Verbally and Visually | |
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Ethics Guideline: Construct a Site That Readers with Disabilities Can Use | |
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Global Guideline: Design Your Site for International and Multicultural Readers | |
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Help Readers Find Your Site on the Internet | |
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Revising Guideline | |
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Test Your Site Before Launching It | |
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Writer's Guide and Other Resources | |
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Conclusion | |
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Managing Client and Service-Learning Projects | |
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Overall Project Management Strategy | |
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Determine Exactly What Your Client Wants and Why | |
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Develop Your Own Assessment of the Situation | |
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Create a Project Management Plan | |
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Submit a Written Proposal to Your Client--and Ask for a Written Agreement | |
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Communicate with Your Client Often--Especially at All Major Decisions | |
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Advocate and Educate, But Defer to Your Client | |
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Hand Off the Project in a Helpful Way | |
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Conclusion | |
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Superstructures | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Letters and Memos | |
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Adopt a Reader-Centered "You-Attitude." Guideline 2 State Your Main Point Up Front--Unless Your Reader Will React Negatively | |
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Keep It Short Guideline 4 Give Your Readers the Background They Need | |
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Use Headings, Lists, and Graphics | |
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Global Guideline: Learn the Customs of Your Readers' Culture | |
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Follow Format Conventions | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Letters | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Writing Letters | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Memos | |
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Writer's Tutorial: Writing Memos | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Proposals | |
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The Variety of Proposal-Writing Situations | |
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Features of Proposals That Help You | |
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The Questions Readers Ask Most Often | |
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Superstructure for Proposals | |
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Guiding You Through the Process of Preparing Proposals | |
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Crafting the Major Elements of a Proposal | |
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Sample Proposal | |
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Writer's Guides and Other Resources | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Empirical Research Reports | |
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Typical Writing Situations | |
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Features of Empirical Research Reports That Help You | |
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The Questions Readers Ask Most Often | |
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Superstructure for Empirical Research Reports | |
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Guiding You Through the Process of Preparing Empirical Research Reports | |
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Crafting the Major Elements of an Empirical Research Report | |
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Sample Empirical Research Reports | |
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Writer's Guides and Other Resources | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Feasibility Reports | |
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Features of Feasibility Reports That Help You | |
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The Questions Readers Ask Most Often | |
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Superstructure for Feasibility Reports | |
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Guiding You Through the Process of Preparing Feasibility Reports | |
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Crafting the Major Elements of a Feasibility Report | |
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Sample Feasibility Report | |
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Writer's Guides and Other Resources | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Progress Reports | |
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Typical Writing Situations | |
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Readers' Concern with the Future | |
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The Questions Readers Ask Most Often | |
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Superstructure for Progress Reports | |
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Features of Progress Reports That Help You. | |
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Guiding You Through the Process of Preparing Progress Reports | |
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Crafting the Major Elements of a Progress Report | |
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Tone in Progress Reports | |
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Writer's Guides and Other Resources | |
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Writing Reader-Centered Instructions | |
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Features of Instructions That Help You | |
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The Questions Readers Ask Most Often | |
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Superstructure for Instructions | |
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Guiding You Through the Process of Preparing Instructions | |
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Crafting the Major Elements of Instructions | |
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Web Page Instructions | |
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Digital Movie Instructions | |
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Writer's Guide and Other Resources | |
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Documenting Your Sources | |
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Choosing a Format for Documentation | |
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Deciding Where to Place In-Text Citations | |
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Writing APA In-Text Citations | |
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Writing An APA References List | |
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Writing MLA In-Text Citations | |
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Writing an MLA Works Cited List | |
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Projects | |
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R?sum? and Job Application Letter | |
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Digital Portfolio | |
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Informational Web Site | |
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Informational Page | |
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Unsolicited Recommendation | |
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Brochure | |
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Instructions | |
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Digital Movie Instructions | |
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User Test and Report | |
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Project Proposal | |
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Progress Report | |
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Formal Report or Proposal | |
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Oral Briefing I: Project Plans | |
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Oral Briefing II: Project Results | |