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The Business Writing Process

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Introduction - list of materials - actual steps - warnings - cautions - and notes - conclusion when necessary






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






3. What is a Memorandum?






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






5. When should email NOT be used?






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






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






8. Formal






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Are these stages recursive or linear?






13. Stages can also be summarized as...






14. Correctness






15. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






17. General considerations with Email Messages






18. 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.






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






20. When to use Instant Messaging?






21. What are Pros of Email?






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






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






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






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






26. What is Indirect Order?






27. What are three levels of Editing?






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






29. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






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

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32. How do you begin the message?

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33. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






34. Tell and show how to do something






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






36. Use Initialisms






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






38. 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






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






40. Casual






41. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Informal






49. Conciseness






50. 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