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The Business Writing Process

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1. Stages can also be summarized as...






2. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






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






4. 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?






5. Conciseness






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






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






8. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






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






10. 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.






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






12. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






13. When should email NOT be used?






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






15. 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






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






17. How to end an email






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






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






20. What are three levels of Editing?






21. Where you put the idea - The first & last words of a sentence - paragraph - doc - stand out in readers' minds.






22. Goal and audience






23. What should you know about a Letter?






24. The attitude a writer expresses toward the subject and his or her readers. May range depending on purpose etc.






25. How do you Plan the message?






26. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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

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






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






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






31. Use Initialisms






32. 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






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






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






35. How is formatting important?






36. 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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37. Honesty - attractive - carefully organized - concise accurate - current information - relevance






38. Clairty






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






40. 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)






41. Introduction; list of equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion






42. Formal






43. 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






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






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






46. Used to show - by the structure of a sentence - the appropriate relationship between ideas of unequal importance.






47. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






49. 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






50. What is Direct Order?