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Visual Model for Writing a Document in Engineering and Science

​This page presents a  visual model for writing a document in engineering and science. The model consists of three parts: the process that you follow to write the document, the way that audience, purpose, and occasion affect the style in which you convey the content, and the core knowledge that serves as your writing foundation. Assumed in this model is that you have valuable content to convey to the audience. 
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Figure 1. Visual model for writing a document in engineering and science. The model consists of three main parts: (1) the process that you use to write the document, (2) the style in which you convey the content, and (3) core knowledge that serves as your writing foundation.
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