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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. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






2. 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






3. How do you present information in message?






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






5. Goal and audience






6. 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






7. Formal






8. What is a Memorandum?






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






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






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






12. What is Direct Order?






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






14. When should email NOT be used?






15. Formality Considerations






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






17. E.g. 'most important'






18. What is Indirect Order?






19. What are the activities in the planning stage?






20. What are Pros of Email?






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






22. What are Individual Contexts






23. Casual






24. Conciseness






25. 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






26. Clairty






27. What are Cons of Email?


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






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






30. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






31. General considerations with Email Messages






32. What are three levels of Editing?






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






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






35. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






37. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






38. How to end an email






39. What is important in the Revising stage?






40. Varying sentences by using a compound sentence - a complex sentence - or a simple sentence






41. Are these stages recursive or linear?






42. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






44. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






46. Use Initialisms






47. What should you know about a Letter?






48. Correctness






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






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