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The Business Writing Process

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






2. How do you Plan the message?






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






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






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






6. Clairty






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






8. What should you know about a Letter?






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






10. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






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






12. Casual






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






14. Formal






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






16. 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






17. How to end an email






18. Use Initialisms






19. What are three levels of Editing?






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






21. 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






22. Correctness






23. What are Cons of Email?

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






25. What are Pros of Email?






26. Using short and long sentences strategically






27. Etiquette






28. Informal






29. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






30. What is Direct Order?






31. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






32. 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






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. How do you present information in message?






35. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






37. How do you begin the message?

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38. Stages can also be summarized as...






39. When should email NOT be used?






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

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41. 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






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






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






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






45. What are Individual Contexts






46. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






49. 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.






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