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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is Direct Order?






2. What should you know about a Letter?






3. Repeating keywords and key phrases






4. An imaginative expression that often compares two things that are basically not alike but have at least one thing in common.






5. Sentences can vary in sentence length - word order - loose and periodic sentences






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






7. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






10. Put instructions is correct order - right amount of information only - group closely related items into 1 step - give reader hints on how to best accomplish task - state when 1 step affects another - insert graphics where needed






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






12. Goal and audience






13. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






14. What are three levels of Revision?






15. Clairty






16. 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?






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






18. How is formatting important?






19. 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


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






21. What are three levels of Editing?






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






23. 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)






24. What are Cons of Email?


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






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






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






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






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






30. Conciseness






31. Using words like 'most - much - very' with caution - wthout overdoing it.






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






33. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






35. Correctness






36. Using short and long sentences strategically






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


38. 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






39. How do you present information in message?






40. 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






41. How do you Plan the message?






42. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






45. A group of words that has a special meaning apart from its literal meaning. Someone who 'runs for office'






46. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






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






49. Casual






50. Stages can also be summarized as...