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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An imaginative expression that often compares two things that are basically not alike but have at least one thing in common.






2. E.g. 'most important'






3. What are Individual Contexts






4. What is important in the Revising stage?






5. Words and expressions that offend because they make inappropriate assumptions or stereotypes about gender - ethnicity - physical or mental disability - age or sexual orientation.






6. How do you present information in long messages?






7. 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






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

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9. What is format of most Memos?






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






11. Tell and show how to do something






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






13. What should you know about a Letter?






14. Use to call attention to a particular word or statement --






15. What is the best advice for Drafting?






16. Use Initialisms






17. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






19. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






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






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






23. A sentence that is so tangled with structural and grammatical problems that it cannot be repaired - often result from trying to include too many ideas in one sentence.






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






25. 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?






26. Casual






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






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






29. Informal






30. Conciseness






31. 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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32. When should email NOT be used?






33. 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






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






35. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






36. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






37. What are three levels of Editing?






38. Less formal than in the past - Varies from conversational style - The use of personal pronouns is important - In emails etc. something between conversational & business writing should be used - Only use we when it is company policy






39. Expressions that have been used fro so long that they are no longer fresh but come to mind easily bc they are so familiar. Often wordy as well as vague and cab be confusing - especially to non-native English speakers - E.g. all over the map - run it






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. Correctness






42. How do you Plan the message?






43. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






44. How is formatting important?






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






46. How to end an email






47. Clairty






48. 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






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






50. 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)