| Titre : |
Writing science in plain English |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Anne E. Greene, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press |
| Année de publication : |
cop. 2013 |
| Collection : |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing |
| Importance : |
1 vol. (XII-124 p.) |
| Format : |
24 cm |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-226-02637-4 |
| Note générale : |
Notes bibliogr. Index p. 121-124. - PPN 174710267. - ISBN : 978-0-226-02637-4 (br.). - 0-226-02637-X (br.). |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Tags : |
Anglais (langue) -- Langage scientifique et technique Rédaction scientifique et technique -- Guides, manuels, etc. Rédaction scientifique et technique -- Problèmes et exercices Information scientifique Anglais (langue) -- Style Anglais (Langue) -- Stylistique English language -- Style Technical writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc Technical writing -- Problems, exercises, etc. Communication in science Science -- Language |
| Index. décimale : |
808.066 021 Techniques d'écriture de la documentation professionnelle, documentation technique, exposés en anglais |
| Note de contenu : |
Sommaire : 1. Why write science in plain English?. - 2. Before you write. - Audience. - Register. - Tone. - 3. Tell a story. - Make characters subjects and their actions verbs. - Use strong verbs. - Place subjects and verbs close together. - 4. Favor the active voice. - Benefits of active voice. - Proper uses of passive voice. - 5. Choose your words with care. - Use short words instead of long ones. - Keep terms the same. - Break up noun strings. - Rethink technical terms. - 6. Omit needless words. - Redundancy. - Metadiscourse and transition words. - Affirmatives and negatives. - 7. Old information and new information. - Put old information at beginnings of sentences. - Put new information at ends of sentences. - 8. Make lists parallel. - 9. Vary the length of your sentences. - 10. Design your paragraphs. - Issue. - Development. - Conclusion. - Point. - 11. 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 |
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Writing science in plain English (cop. 2013)