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Technical writing documents & elements ; design & visuals ; correspondence ; job search & application ; presentations & meetings ; research & documentation ; organization, writing, revision ; digital tips ; ESL trouble spots ; ESL tips ; style & language ; usage ; sentences & paragraphs ; parts of speech & grammar ; punctuation & mechanics.
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Content: The writing process: achieving speed and quality -- Structure: achieving order and design -- Abc formats and examples -- Special topics: graphics and oral presentations

Content: So, what's a technical writer? -- The technical writing process -- Very necessary evils : doc plans and outlines -- The tech writer's toolbox -- Getting information -- Finally, it's time to start writing -- Writing task-oriented information -- Visual communication -- The importance of being edited

Process in technical communication -- McDuff, Inc.: ethics and globalism in the workplace -- Organizing information -- Page design -- Patterns of organization -- Process descriptions and instructions -- Letters, memos, and electronic communication -- Informal reports -- Formal reports -- Proposals and feasibility studies -- Web pages and writing for the web -- Graphics -- Oral communication -- Technical research -- The job search -- Style in technical writing.

Principles: Transaction -- Simplicity -- Clutter -- Style -- Audience -- Words -- Usage -- Methods: Unity -- Lead and the ending -- Bits & pieces -- Forms: Nonfiction as literature -- Writing about people: Interview -- Writing about places: Travel article -- Writing about yourself: Memoir -- Science and technology -- Business writing: Writing in your job -- Sports -- Writing about the arts: Critics and columnists -- Humor -- Attitudes: Sound of your voice -- Enjoyment, fear and confidence -- Tyranny of the final product -- Writer's decisions --Writing family history and memoir.

The lay of the land. College resources ; Campus activities ; Campus safety -- Your academic life. Academic planning ; Developing relationships ; Learning styles ; Memory skills and multitasking ; Communication, note taking & study skills ; Academic integrity ; Exams ; Grades -- You, the college student. Keys to success ; Time management ; Healthy living -- Living on your own. Social media and you ; Where to live ; Roommates ; Homesickness ; Health insurance -- Your money. Paying for college ; Budgeting made easy ; Banking ; Your credit ; Credit cards and debt management -- Your career. Vital skills ; Educational employment.