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The Business Writing Process
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sentences can vary in sentence length - word order - loose and periodic sentences
Main parts of internal proposals
Proper Conversation - Personal Pronouns/Contractions - Sentences are Short - Organized - Well Structured;
Sentence Variety
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
2. Tell and show how to do something
Ethics in Business Writing
Instructions
Euphemismss
Selecting the proper medium
3. What techniques can be used for gathering information?
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
Goal of a letter of application
Denotaion
Sentence Variety
4. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?
Main parts of internal proposals
Guidelines for effective business e-mail messages
Represent writer and topic formally to recipient. Correspondence with People Outside the your organization.
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
5. Means that extraneous words - phrases - clauses - and sentences have been removed from writing without sacrificing clarity or appropriate detail.
Main parts of a set of instructions
Conciseness
Examples of medium s of business communication
Eliminates phone tag - saves time - facilitates fast decisions - cheap - provides written record
6. Formality Considerations
Abstract words
Organizational - Professional - Personal
Casual - Informal - or Formal
Denotaion
7. An imaginative expression that often compares two things that are basically not alike but have at least one thing in common.
Figures of Speech
Selecting the proper medium
similar
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
8. When should email NOT be used?
Examples of medium s of business communication
Connotation
Long - Complicated - Requires Negotiation - Questions/Info need clarification/discussion - Info Confidential/Sensitive - Requires Security - Could be Misinterpreted - Emotionally Charged - Requires Tone of Voice - Sent to Avoid - Contains Sensitive I
Represent writer and topic formally to recipient. Correspondence with People Outside the your organization.
9. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion
Four keys to effective writing
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Position
Main parts of internal proposals
10. When to use Instant Messaging?
Represent writer and topic formally to recipient. Correspondence with People Outside the your organization.
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
Selecting the proper medium
Emphasis
11. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations
Characteristics of job-related writing
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
Information needed for short report
Rules for writing instructions
12. Honesty - attractive - carefully organized - concise accurate - current information - relevance
Guidelines for effective business e-mail messages
Emphasis
Strategy and Humanness
Characteristics do employers like to see in a resume
13. Casual
Sentence Variety
Slang; Colloquialisms - Contractions - Short Sentences - for close friends only
Main parts of instructions
Coherent writing
14. Condenses writing by omitting articles - pronouns - conjunctions - and transitions - e.g. ' Per 5/21 email 12 copies of instruction needed asap'
Be Flexible - Avoid Perfectionism - Keep Going - Keep making progress
Garbled Sentences
Emphasis
Telegraphic Style
15. A group of words that has a special meaning apart from its literal meaning. Someone who 'runs for office'
Slang; Colloquialisms - Contractions - Short Sentences - for close friends only
Idioms
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Define the Problem - Consider the Audience and their Individual Contexts - Consider your own Contexts - Best Way to Achieve message;
16. Techniques for writing memos and emails are...
Long - Complicated - Requires Negotiation - Questions/Info need clarification/discussion - Info Confidential/Sensitive - Requires Security - Could be Misinterpreted - Emotionally Charged - Requires Tone of Voice - Sent to Avoid - Contains Sensitive I
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
similar
Three P's for success in writing a memo
17. To set you apart from the others; show that you have customized your resume for that company/job opening
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
Goal of a letter of application
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
18. How do you know what to include in your message?
Organizational - Professional - Personal
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Main parts of instructions
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
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
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20. E.g. 'most important'
Sentence Type
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Direct Statements
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
21. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.
Mechanical Devices
Euphemismss
Get Feedback From Others!
Preparation - Research - Organization - Writing - Revision
22. They dentify things that can be perceived by the 5 senses - such as diploma - manager - or keyboard
Concrete Words
Information needed for short report
Things to think through when planning a website
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
23. Using words like 'most - much - very' with caution - wthout overdoing it.
Intensifiers
Denotaion
Affectation
NO offensive or abusive emails should be sent - and no upper case - as that is considered SCREAMING
24. 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
Garbled Sentences
Connotation
Sentence Length
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
25. Etiquette
Sentence Type
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
Things to think through when planning a website
NO offensive or abusive emails should be sent - and no upper case - as that is considered SCREAMING
26. An organized presentation of relevant data on any topic that a company or agency tracks in its day-to-day operations
Affectation
Short report
Three P's for success in writing a memo
Telegraphic Style
27. The attitude a writer expresses toward the subject and his or her readers. May range depending on purpose etc.
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
Abstract words
Tone
Three P's for success in writing a memo
28. Repeating keywords and key phrases
similar
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
Three P's for success in writing a memo
Repetition
29. General considerations with Email Messages
Conciseness - Clarity - Etiquette - Correctness
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
Main parts of a set of instructions
Abstract words
30. The use of language that is more formal - technical - or showy than necessary to communicate information to the reader.
Affectation
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
Characteristics do employers like to see in a resume
Mechanical Devices
31. Conciseness
Buzz Words
Cut out nonessentials - Minimize references to Previous Communications
Preparation - Research - Organization - Writing - Revision
Outlining
32. How much time should a student spend in each writing stage?
Characteristics do employers like to see in a resume
Rules for writing instructions
Characteristics of job-related writing
One-third
33. 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
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
Buzz Words
Keep Distance between Writer and Reader - Avoid Personal References/Contractions - Longer Sentences - for people of Higher Status
34. Provide practical info - give facts - not impressions - provide visuals to clarify - give accurate measurements - stating responsibility precisely - persuading and offering recommendations
Active Voice
Characteristics of job-related writing
Euphemismss
Telegraphic Style
35. 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
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
Guidelines for effective business e-mail messages
Conciseness
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
36. 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.
Key draft questions
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
Sentence Length
Outlining
37. How do you Plan the message?
Selecting the proper medium
Define the Problem - Consider the Audience and their Individual Contexts - Consider your own Contexts - Best Way to Achieve message;
Guidelines for successful group writing
Coherent writing
38. How to end an email
Selecting the proper medium
Not Confidential - Doesn't Communicate Emotions - Tone of Voice - or Unspoken Communications - Can be Ignored or Delayed
Organizational - Professional - Personal
Your Name - Closing Statement such as Thanks - Regards in more formal messages
39. Use to call attention to a particular word or statement --
Long Dashes
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Define the Problem - Consider the Audience and their Individual Contexts - Consider your own Contexts - Best Way to Achieve message;
Telegraphic Style
40. What are Cons of Email?
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41. Where you put the idea - The first & last words of a sentence - paragraph - doc - stand out in readers' minds.
Garbled Sentences
Position
Slang; Colloquialisms - Contractions - Short Sentences - for close friends only
Outlining
42. 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
Outlining
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
Business Writing Style
Tone
43. Listing the ideas or facts within a sentence in sequence from least to most important
Three P's for success in writing a memo
Main parts of instructions
Helps include all important information; Makes you more willing to revise
Climatic Order
44. Steps to Successful Writing
Attractive and Readable Format
One-third
Selecting the proper medium
Preparation - Research - Organization - Writing - Revision
45. Formal
Idioms
Keep Distance between Writer and Reader - Avoid Personal References/Contractions - Longer Sentences - for people of Higher Status
Selecting the proper medium
Denotaion
46. Use Initialisms
Subordination
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Direct Statements
47. What are three levels of Revision?
Subordination
Tone
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Denotaion
48. Correctness
Key draft questions
Recipient's Name and Introduce Yourself
Purpose - Format - Composition
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
49. What are three levels of Editing?
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
Four keys to effective writing
Examples of medium s of business communication
Gathering and Collecting Information - Analyzing and Organizing Information - Choosing the Form - Channel - and Format of the Message
50. 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.
Tone
Garbled Sentences
Position
Outlining
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