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Enter your numeric choice and click Check. To start over, click Restart, then Start. Don't forget the scroll bars and the hints. This quiz is based on coding found at http://www.triviahalloffame.com; my thanks to Paul Paquet and friends. |
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" Try your luck with the above quiz on Business Communications. Answer the questions as if you
were a member of that writing community. If you want to learn more about that community, or about
other communities in technical communications, keep reading!" |
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Technical communication . . . is a visual medium as well. It's important that you think about how you shape documents visually: how you use white space, how you develop paragraphing sequences. - Go to Technical Writing Interview |
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If you want to learn more about science essays or reports, go directly to the interview with the
other Professor Ron Smith (in Biological Sciences). He maintains that the field of history straddles two areas: the humanities and the
social sciences. To succeed in history, you must be able to tell a good story--history is a "narrative
art," says Belshaw--and you must be able to analyze the data. |
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In addition to the interviews, this site features a variety of essays offering advice on how to write in the different disciplines. If you have ever wondered how to integrate quotations, prepare for essay exams, or find topics that work, go directly to the research essays now. - Go to the Research Essays |
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"Students, . . . when they're confronted with using graphics in a report,
for example, forget that the graphics are there for a purpose. They fail to announce them, or say that they're
going to show up on "page seven." They make that announcement on page six in their text -- then have the
graphics show up on page four."
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Feel free to send material on "Writing in the Humanities" for inclusion
or linking to this site. Enquiries should be sent to Dr. W.F. Garrett-Petts
via e-mail: petts@tru.ca or via snail mail: The Writing in the Disciplines Web Site |
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"When writing reports and essays in the sciences, we like to be very short and concise and to the point--very short
sentences but, at the same time, very precise as well. We like to 'keep it simple, stupid,' as one of
our science faculty always put on papers. The way we cite is a little different from the humanities; we'll cite
author and the year the author published the paper, rather that the author and the page number
that you've taken a reference from. So there are some subtle differences, but I think if you're
writer you can adapt to any disciplinary conventions ."
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