The Essentials of Technical Communication

by Elizabeth Tebeaux, Sam Dragga

The Essentials of Technical Communication clearly and concisely highlights the basic rhetorical guidelines that will help you successfully get your message across in today's workplace.
This brief text incorporates a wealth of real-world documents and scenarios to help you understand key communication principles (Chapters 1-6) and then apply those principles to the most common types of professional documents, including e-mails, letters, memos, technical reports, proposals,
progress reports, instructions, websites, and oral presentations (Chapters 7-12).

Features :
* Case studies contextualize documents and provide numerous examples of initial and final drafts to help you see how to plan, draft, and revise effectively in different situations
* Quick Tips boxes and Guidelines summarize information crucial to workplace communication
* Checklists review basic principles and help you ensure that your professional documents achieve your purpose
* Exercises at the end of each chapter guide practice in the techniques outlined in the text
* Appendixes contain a brief guide to grammar, punctuation, and usage; a style sheet for the most commonly used documentation systems; and an annotated report for study
The companion website, www.oup.com/us/tebeaux , offers further resources for students and
* For chapter overviews; self-tests with immediate feedback; helpful links; key terms and concepts; downloadable versions of the checklists from the book; and a library of downloadable sample documents, including 30 with annotations highlighting purpose, audience, and design
* For an Instructor's Manual featuring chapter objectives, teaching strategies, workshop activities, writing projects, relevant links, worksheets, discussion questions, sample syllabi, downloadable sample documents, and downloadable PowerPoint files for use as lecture aids
* The Instructor's Manual is also available in a CD version that includes a Test Bank

Genres: Textbooks, Writing, Nonfiction, School, College, Adult

368 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[Timeo Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

- A general guide towards writing at work, for your fellow readers, and writing ethically.

- Also shows questions towards understanding document design. illustrations, emails, memos and technical reports and finally, grant proposals.

[Emily Olsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book for a technical writing and communication class. I found it to be easy to understand, with many real life examples of documents. This will be a great resource for any future writing.

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cover and the opening lines of this book bring a refreshing, realistic approach to technical communication that other texts fail to recognize: there is a difference between being an effective communicator and taking it all too seriously.

That's not to say that the book does not espouse professionalism in its practitioners. Written in an approachable style and organized around core principles and document types, this is an excellent resource for professionals and students alike, encouraging good practices and habits in technical communicators.

And the price, in comparison to similar texts, is really unbeatable, too!

[Nana]

i think is gd book.

[Selena Pigoni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh. Read like a textbook. A long, boring textbook. And mostly said things I already knew.

Lots of examples of different kinds of writing, so not all bad I guess.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent. I will definitely use this as a text when I teach tech writing. Doesn't include any new media advice, though that might prevent it from being dated within 6 months.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Everything you want to know about technical/professional writing with examples. While it's an easy read it's not necessarily a fun read. The text isn't engaging, but the information is solid