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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Stages can also be summarized as...






2. Audience's preferences - personal work style - how widely info needs to be distributed etc.






3. The ____________ of a word are its literal meanings - as defined in a dictionary.






4. The attitude a writer expresses toward the subject and his or her readers. May range depending on purpose etc.






5. Correctness






6. Varying sentences by using a compound sentence - a complex sentence - or a simple sentence






7. An inoffensive substitute for a word or phrase that could be distasteful - offensive - or too blunt.






8. How much time should a student spend in each writing stage?






9. When to use Instant Messaging?






10. Modifiers that repeat an idea implicit or present in the word being modified contribute to wordiness by being redundant (basic essentials - final outcome) - Coordinated synonyms (each and every - first and foremost.) - Expletives - relative pronouns






11. When should email NOT be used?






12. Means that extraneous words - phrases - clauses - and sentences have been removed from writing without sacrificing clarity or appropriate detail.






13. How to end an email






14. Words or phrases that suddenly become popular and - because of an intense period of overuse - lose their freshness and precisness - E.g. interface (as a verb) - impact (as a verb) - skill sets - deliverables - slam dunk - bleeding edge - cash cow - 2






15. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






16. Casual






17. Formality Considerations






18. An organized presentation of relevant data on any topic that a company or agency tracks in its day-to-day operations






19. Identifying your audience - Establishing your purpose - Formulating your message - and Selecting your style (how something is written rather than what is written) and tone (expresses your attitude toward your topic and audience)






20. They dentify things that can be perceived by the 5 senses - such as diploma - manager - or keyboard






21. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






22. Are these stages recursive or linear?






23. How do you present information in long messages?






24. What is a Memorandum?






25. What is Indirect Order?






26. General ideas - qualities - conditions - acts or relationships-intangible things that cannot be detected by the five senses






27. What are Individual Contexts






28. The use of language that is more formal - technical - or showy than necessary to communicate information to the reader.






29. Techniques for writing memos and emails are...






30. To emphasize the performer of an action: make the performer the subject of the verb






31. Used to show - by the structure of a sentence - the appropriate relationship between ideas of unequal importance.






32. How is formatting important?






33. Informal






34. Am I giving the reader too much or too little info? - does this point belong here? - is this point relevant? - am I repeating or contradicting myself? - have I ended appropriately?






35. What is critical to a message's success?






36. Tell and show how to do something






37. Introduction - list of materials - actual steps - warnings - cautions - and notes - conclusion when necessary






38. What is important in the Revising stage?






39. How do you know what to include in your message?






40. Avoid language that attempts to evade responsibility - Avoid deceptive language - Do not deemphasize or suppress important information - Do not emphasize misleading or incorrect information - Avoid using language that is biased - racist - or sexist o






41. Honesty - attractive - carefully organized - concise accurate - current information - relevance






42. What are three levels of Revision?






43. Understand and agree on the important goals - organization - and deadlines for the report - Establish group rules early on and stick to them - Put the good of the group ahead of individual egos - Agree on the group's organization - Identify each mem






44. Clairty






45. The principle of of stressing the most important ieas in writing. You can achieve this with the careful use of: Position - Climatic Order - Sentence Type - Sentence Length - Sentence Length - Active Voice - Repetition - Intensifiers - Direct Stateme






46. Using short and long sentences strategically






47. Goal and audience






48. Use Initialisms






49. The relationships among ideas are clear to readers. A logical sequence of related ideas and clear transitions between these ideas.






50. The skeleton of the document you are going to write--structures your writing by ensuring that it has a beginning - middle - and end.Types: topic outlines - sentence outlines etc.