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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. Correctness






2. 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






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






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






5. Formality Considerations






6. Conciseness






7. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






9. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






11. 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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12. Use to call attention to a particular word or statement --






13. 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?






14. 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






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






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






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






18. How to end an email






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. Formal






23. What are Pros of Email?






24. What is Indirect Order?






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. When to use Instant Messaging?






30. E.g. 'most important'






31. Casual






32. How do you Plan the message?






33. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






34. How do you present information in message?






35. Stages can also be summarized as...






36. Clairty






37. How do you begin the message?

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






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






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






41. Goal and audience






42. Informal






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






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






45. What are Individual Contexts






46. What should you know about a Letter?






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






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






49. 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.






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