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1. Introduction

I. IntroductionII. General Strategies for the Writing

ProcessIII. Visual ElementsIV. Specific ApplicationsV. Readability Additional Materials

1. Introduction…

General Strategies for the Writing Process

2. Generating Ideas3. Identifying Audiences and Purposes4. Constructing Arguments5. Stating Problems6. Drafting and Word Processing7. Testing and Revising

Visual Elements8. Selecting Visual Elements9. Creating Visual Elements

Specific Applications12. Basic Features of Reports13. Memos, Short Informal Reports, and

Progress Reports14. Feasibility Reports15. Long Reports16. Proposals

18. Theses and Journal Articles19. Oral Presentations

Readability21. Readability: General Principles22. Writing Paragraphs23. Using Parallelism24. Maintaining Focus25. Creating Flow between Sentences26. Editing for Emphasis

“Technical Communication” – Mike Markel Writing Collaboratively Creating Websites

In a memo to your instructor, describe and evaluate one of the owner’s manual from http://www.huffybikes.com/resources/manuals.html

1. To what extent does it meet the measures of excellence discussed in this introduction?

2. In what ways does it fall short of these measures?

Submit a photocopy or printout of the manual you chose with your memo.