Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Oct 1986

Perturbations in the Scientific Literature

Joseph E. Harmon Argonne National Laboratory

Abstract

In contrast to the literary artist we expect the scientist-writer to transmit information to the intended audience as accurately and clearly as possible. Nevertheless, a few scientists have managed to slip into their prose such rhetorical devices as anagram, acrostic, pun, metaphor, litotes, and neologism.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1986-10-01
DOI
10.2190/d0qt-9kkp-94wb-u60x
Open Access
Closed

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