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ENG 240: Technical Writing : Readings

What is Technical Writing?

Helpful Hints for Technical Writing

1.4 Case Study: The Cost of Poor Communication
In Technical Writing Essentials by Suzan Last. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

APA Guide - 7th Edition
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Reaching Your Audience

Weins, K. (July 20, 2012). I won't hire people who use bad grammar: Here's why. Harvard Business Review.
Patterson, A. (June 27, 2014). 155 words to describe an author's tone. Writer's Write.
Mike Markel: Eight Measures of Excellence for Technical Writing
Honesty, Clarity, Accuracy, Comprehensiveness, Accessibility, Conciseness, Professional Appearance, and Correctness.
Exploring Markel's Measures

Develop a Format Analytical Report

Ernst, S. (Oct 4, 2019). 11 Common Business Writing Mistakes that Have Nothing to Do with Your Grammar. Business Writing Skills.

Writing Coherent Memos

The Key Forms of Business Writing: Basic Memo [YouTube]

Ethics in Technical Writing

10. Ethics in Technical Writing
In Technical Writing Essentials by Suzan Last. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Executive Summaries

Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise
How to Write a Business Report Handbook
Victoria University of Wellington (2017)

The Scope of Technical Writing

The Key Forms of Business Writing: Basic Letter [YouTube]

Confusing Words & PowerPoints

PowerPoint Tutorial
Baruch College

Life After Death by PowerPoint (Corporate Comedy Video)
Avoiding Confusing Terms (Lumen Learning)
In Technical Writing by Dr. Elizabeth Lohman, Tidewater Community College. CC-BY.

Hybrid Work Plans

Cover Letters

Leonardo Da Vinci's Cover Letter

A self-portrait by Da Vinci. Wikimedia Commons.

Punctuation & Formatting

Bad Email Examples

Global Technical Communication

Communication Shipwrecks: Lessons Learned from Communication Failures in the Workplace

Active & Passive Voice

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