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| In: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 35, 2005, 2, p. 203-213 |
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SAGE Publications
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| Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
| Physical Description: | 203-213 |
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| ISSN: |
0047-2816
1541-3780 |
| DOI: | 10.2190/nv6e-fn3n-7ngn-twqt |
| published in: | Journal of Technical Writing and Communication |
| Language: | English |
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| Collection: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This article critiques some titles in journal articles for being misleading and it argues that titles need to be informative. Examples are given of work on measuring the effectiveness of titles in two areas—sentence structure and reader comprehension—and the article concludes with brief comments on the effectiveness of book titles. </jats:p> |