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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






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






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






4. Etiquette






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






6. E.g. 'most important'






7. What is Direct Order?






8. 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






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






10. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






12. Clairty






13. 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)






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






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

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






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






18. What are three levels of Editing?






19. Conciseness






20. What are Individual Contexts






21. Using short and long sentences strategically






22. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






24. Are these stages recursive or linear?






25. 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






26. What is important in the Revising stage?






27. Goal and audience






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Formality Considerations






33. Condenses writing by omitting articles - pronouns - conjunctions - and transitions - e.g. ' Per 5/21 email 12 copies of instruction needed asap'






34. 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






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






36. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






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






40. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






41. Steps to Successful Writing






42. Informal






43. Casual






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






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






46. What types of research is done in gathering information?






47. How do you Plan the message?






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






49. How do you present information in message?






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