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The Business Writing Process

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1. Conciseness






2. Places the reader's interest and perspective foremost. It is based on the principle that most readers are naturally more concerned about their own needs than they are about those of a writer or a writer's organization - often means using the words y

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3. Repeating keywords and key phrases






4. What are three levels of Revision?






5. Provide practical information - give facts not impressions - provide visuals to clarify and condense information - give accurate measurements - state responsibilities precisely - persuade and offer recommendations -






6. What is Indirect Order?






7. What are three levels of Editing?






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






9. Clairty






10. What are Individual Contexts






11. What is Direct Order?






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






13. The ___________ of a word are its meanings and associations beyond its literal definitions - words often have particular connotations for audiences within professional groups and organizations






14. Stages can also be summarized as...






15. Letters - memos - email - instant messages - telephone calls - Faxes - Face-to-face meetings - video conferences - web sites






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






17. Tell and show how to do something






18. To set you apart from the others; show that you have customized your resume for that company/job opening






19. E.g. 'most important'






20. Formality Considerations






21. Formal






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






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






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






25. What should you know about a Letter?






26. Informal






27. What is format of most Memos?






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






29. Provide practical info - give facts - not impressions - provide visuals to clarify - give accurate measurements - stating responsibility precisely - persuading and offering recommendations






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






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






32. General considerations with Email Messages






33. Make sure your e-mail is confidential and ethical - observe all of the proprietary requirements when using e-mail - use an acceptable format- follow all of the rules of 'netiqette' when answering e-mail - adopt a professional style - ensure that yo






34. Plan what you are going to say - polish what you wrote before you sent it - proofread everything

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35. What are the activities in the planning stage?






36. Casual






37. What is a Memorandum?






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






39. Introduction; list of equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion






40. Using short and long sentences strategically






41. Concern policies and regulations found in employee handbooks and other internal corporate communications






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






43. Steps to Successful Writing






44. Where you put the idea - The first & last words of a sentence - paragraph - doc - stand out in readers' minds.






45. Listing the ideas or facts within a sentence in sequence from least to most important






46. What is the best advice for Drafting?






47. 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






48. Etiquette






49. 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.






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







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