DocumentCode
1520016
Title
Add style to your technical writing
Author
Plung, Daniel L.
Issue
1
fYear
1984
fDate
3/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
24
Abstract
Technical writing need not be dry either by design or default. Without neglecting precision and conciseness, language and phrasing can be used to assist rather than impede understanding. Putting style in technical writing can be aided by awareness of these devices: alliteration, anaphora, antemetaboly, antithesis, climax, colon, epistrophe, metonymy, and simile. Examples of each are included.
Keywords
Colon; Government; Indexes; Magnetic fields; Readability metrics; Speech;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TPC.1984.6448764
Filename
6448764
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