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Writing science in plain English /

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Title Writing science in plain English /
 
Creator Greene, Anne E.
 
Type text
 
Publisher Chicago University of Chicago
 
Date 2013
 
Language eng
 
Description Why write science in plain English? -- Before you write -- Audience -- Register -- Tone -- Tell a story -- Make characters subjects and their actions verbs -- Use strong verbs -- Place subjects and verbs close together -- Favor the active voice -- Benefits of active voice -- Proper uses of passive voice -- Choose your words with care -- Use short words instead of long ones -- Keep terms the same -- Break up noun strings -- Rethink technical terms -- Omit needless words -- Redundancy -- Metadiscourse and transition words -- Affirmatives and negatives -- Old information and new information -- Put old information at beginnings of sentences -- Put new information at ends of sentences -- Make lists parallel -- Vary the length of your sentences -- Design your paragraphs -- Issue -- Development -- Conclusion -- Point -- Arrange your paragraphs -- Chronological order -- General to specific -- Least important to most important -- Problem to solution -- Compare and contrast -- Transition words revisited -- Appendix 1: basic writing concepts -- Appendix 2: exercise key.
 
Subject Technical writing.
Communication in science.
English language
 
Identifier http://opac.niscair.res.in:80/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=64089
URN:ISBN:9780226026374 (pbk. : alk. paper)
URN:ISBN:978-0-226-02637-4