Graphics

ENG302 : The Class : Rhetoric : Use of Graphics : Graphics
The Use of Graphics in Technical Communication

Technical writers want to make their work easy for their reader to understand. They want their reader to be able to see the main ideas and the support for them as quickly as possible. Technical writers also do not like prose that much. Their readers like prose even less. One way to make everybody happy is to use as many graphics--or in other words, as few words--as possible.

In this Topic, we will explore Graphics in Technical Communication.

To complete this Topic successfully, please complete the following activities in the order shown below:

ON-LINE LESSON: Interactive Overview of Topic 4

ON-LINE LESSON: Graphics

ASSIGNMENT 1: Construct a Table

ASSIGNMENT 2: Graphics, Part 2

ASSIGNMENT 3: Graphics, Part 3

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1: Continue Group Project

WEB ACTIVITY 1: Explore Technical Writing Sites on the WWW

TEXTBOOK READING: "Information in Action", Read Chapters 3 and 12

Once you have completed the activities in this topic, you should:

Go on to module two, The Process of Technical Writing
or
Go back to the graphics topic page

E-mail Greg Larkin at Gregory.Larkin@nau.edu
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