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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 equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion






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






3. What is Indirect Order?






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






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

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6. How do you Plan the message?






7. How to end an email






8. How do you present information in long messages?






9. Etiquette






10. Repeating keywords and key phrases






11. What is important in the Revising stage?






12. Goal and audience






13. 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






14. How do you present information in message?






15. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






17. What are Pros of Email?






18. What are Individual Contexts






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






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






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






22. What are Cons of Email?

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23. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






24. 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






25. E.g. 'most important'






26. When should email NOT be used?






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






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






29. General considerations with Email Messages






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






31. Use Initialisms






32. Conciseness






33. What should you know about a Letter?






34. What is a Memorandum?






35. Casual






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






37. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






38. Formal






39. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






41. When to use Instant Messaging?






42. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






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






45. 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?






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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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