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






3. Casual






4. 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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5. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






6. 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)






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






8. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






9. The relationships among ideas are clear to readers. A logical sequence of related ideas and clear transitions between these ideas.






10. Stages can also be summarized as...






11. What are the activities in the planning stage?






12. 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.






13. What are Cons of Email?

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14. 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






15. What is format of most Memos?






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Conciseness






21. How do you begin the message?

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






23. How to end an email






24. Formality Considerations






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






26. 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






27. Informal






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






29. General considerations with Email Messages






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






31. Modifiers that repeat an idea implicit or present in the word being modified contribute to wordiness by being redundant (basic essentials - final outcome) - Coordinated synonyms (each and every - first and foremost.) - Expletives - relative pronouns






32. Using short and long sentences strategically






33. 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






34. Use Initialisms






35. 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






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






37. Etiquette






38. E.g. 'most important'






39. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






40. What is the best advice for Drafting?






41. Formal






42. Clairty






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






44. What are three levels of Revision?






45. How is formatting important?






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

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47. What are Pros of Email?






48. Tell and show how to do something






49. What are three levels of Editing?






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