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






2. Using short and long sentences strategically






3. When should email NOT be used?






4. An inoffensive substitute for a word or phrase that could be distasteful - offensive - or too blunt.






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






6. 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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7. Repeating keywords and key phrases






8. What is Direct Order?






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






10. Use Initialisms






11. What are Individual Contexts






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






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






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






15. Etiquette






16. What is critical to a message's success?






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






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






19. What are three levels of Editing?






20. Introduction; list of equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion






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






22. What is format of most Memos?






23. What is a Memorandum?






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






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






26. General considerations with Email Messages






27. 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






28. Informal






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






34. 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)






35. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






36. How do you Plan the message?






37. 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






38. What is the best advice for Drafting?






39. What are Pros of Email?






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






41. How do you present information in message?






42. Formal






43. Are these stages recursive or linear?






44. How do you present information in long messages?






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. How do you begin the message?

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