Writing science in plain English /

Material type: 図書

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Publisher: The University of Chicago Press,

Publication date: 2013.

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: xii, 124 p. ; ; 22 cm.

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Note (General)：: Why write science in plain English? -- Before you write -- Audience -- Register -- Tone -- Tell a story -- Make characters subjects and their actions ...

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東京都立中央図書館
Paper
Call No.：
407.0-G81-W
Book Registration Number：
7104031350
東京都立中央図書館
横浜市立図書館
Paper
Call No.：
407
Book Registration Number：
2056858728
横浜市立図書館

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Paper

Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 022602637X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226026374 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Title: Writing science in plain English /
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Chicago ; : The University of Chicago Press,
Publication Date: 2013.
Extent: xii, 124 p. ; ; 22 cm.
Contributor: Anne E. Greene.
Text Language Code: eng
NDC 10th ed.: 407 : Natural sciences--Study and teaching
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): 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.
Holding library: 東京都立中央図書館
Note (Library): 301
Call No.: 407.0-G81-W
Data Provider (Database): 東京都立中央図書館 : 公共図書館蔵書
Bibliographic ID (SomokuID): 1352010908
7104031350
OCLC No.: 2012043145
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2012043145
(OCoLC)809911038
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/(OCoLC)809911038