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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. Formal






2. How do you Plan the message?






3. Use Initialisms






4. What are the activities in the planning stage?






5. What is the best advice for Drafting?






6. How do you present information in long messages?






7. What is a Memorandum?






8. Using short and long sentences strategically






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. How do you present information in message?






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






15. What should you know about a Letter?






16. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






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






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






20. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






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






22. Goal and audience






23. When should email NOT be used?






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Informal






30. 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






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






32. What is format of most Memos?






33. Tell and show how to do something






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






35. General considerations with Email Messages






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






37. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






39. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






40. 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






41. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






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






44. Means that extraneous words - phrases - clauses - and sentences have been removed from writing without sacrificing clarity or appropriate detail.






45. What are three levels of Editing?






46. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






48. Casual






49. What are three levels of Revision?






50. 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)