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






2. 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






3. 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.






4. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






6. What are Individual Contexts






7. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






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






11. Formality Considerations






12. Use Initialisms






13. 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






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






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






16. Are these stages recursive or linear?






17. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






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






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


21. Etiquette






22. 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)






23. What is a Memorandum?






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






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






26. Stages can also be summarized as...






27. General considerations with Email Messages






28. How to end an email






29. How is formatting important?






30. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






31. How do you present information in long messages?






32. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






34. 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.






35. What are Cons of Email?


36. Steps to Successful Writing






37. Clairty






38. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






40. 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






41. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






43. 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?






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






45. How do you present information in message?






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






47. What are three levels of Revision?






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






49. What are three levels of Editing?






50. 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