Engineering communication : from principles to practice /
Robert Irish, Peter Eliot Weiss.
- Second edition.
- xii, 387 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Setting the Stage for Understanding : -- Getting Started: Pre-drafting and Drafting -- Purpose, Genre, and Audience -- Principle 1: Finding Purpose -- Principle 2: Improvising Genre -- Principle 3: Constructing Audience -- Strategies for Invention -- Principle 4: Developing Credible Argument -- Principle 5: Using Rhetorical Patterns -- Modes of Control: Organizing Information for Readability : -- Guiding the Reader through the Document -- Principle 6: Building Effective Introductions -- Principle 7: Framing Knowledge -- Principle 8: Imposing Visible Structure -- Principle 9: Making Transitions -- Creating Clarity and Cohesion -- Principle 10: Designing Paragraphs -- Principle 11: Moving from Known to New -- Principle 12: Modifying Matters -- Elements of Refined Communication : -- Generating Flow -- Principle 13: Elevating Verbs -- Principle 14: Positioning the Verb -- Principle 15: Finding the Real Subject -- Principle 16: Capitalizing on the Power Position -- Engineering Elegance -- Principle 17: Determining Sentence Length -- Principle 18: Mastering Sentence Rhythm -- Applications : -- Applying the Principles to Written Communication -- Applying the Principles to Visual Communication -- Applying the Principles to Oral Communication -- Conclusion: From Principles to Practice -- Appendices -- Core Sentence Components: Clauses -- Sentence Types -- Action Elements: Verbs and Verbals -- Optional Sentence Elements: Modifiers -- Joiners -- Punctuation -- A Brief Primer on Ethics for the Engineer -- Fallacies. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. Part III. 5. 6. Part IV. 7. 8. 9. Appendix A. Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. Appendix E. Appendix F. Appendix G. Appendix H.
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