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

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






3. Using short and long sentences strategically






4. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






6. 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






7. Use Initialisms






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






9. 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






10. Goal and audience






11. Tell and show how to do something






12. How do you present information in message?






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






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






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






16. Formality Considerations






17. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






19. 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.






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






21. How to end an email






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






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






24. Repeating keywords and key phrases






25. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






27. Casual






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






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






30. 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)






31. What are Pros of Email?






32. 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.






33. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






34. What is Indirect Order?






35. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






36. 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






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






38. How is formatting important?






39. How do you begin the message?

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40. 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






41. What are three levels of Revision?






42. The principle of of stressing the most important ieas in writing. You can achieve this with the careful use of: Position - Climatic Order - Sentence Type - Sentence Length - Sentence Length - Active Voice - Repetition - Intensifiers - Direct Stateme






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






44. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






46. What is a Memorandum?






47. What are three levels of Editing?






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






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






50. What is important in the Revising stage?