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The Business Writing Process
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is critical to a message's success?
Rules for writing instructions
Emphasis
Attractive and Readable Format
Recursive
2. The ____________ of a word are its literal meanings - as defined in a dictionary.
Denotaion
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Cut out nonessentials - Minimize references to Previous Communications
3. How is formatting important?
It is integral in how your audience will receive and accept the information.
Attractive and Readable Format
Slang; Colloquialisms - Contractions - Short Sentences - for close friends only
Purpose - Format - Composition
4. Stages can also be summarized as...
Most Important Information First - and then Descending Order
Conciseness
What do you want to say - Say It - Say it Better
Connotation
5. 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
Business Writing Style
Guidelines for successful group writing
Helps include all important information; Makes you more willing to revise
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
6. Means that extraneous words - phrases - clauses - and sentences have been removed from writing without sacrificing clarity or appropriate detail.
Conciseness
One-third
Wordiness
Selecting the proper medium
7. Introduction - list of materials - actual steps - warnings - cautions - and notes - conclusion when necessary
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Short report
Key draft questions
Main parts of instructions
8. Varying sentences by using a compound sentence - a complex sentence - or a simple sentence
Sentence Type
Emphasis
Four keys to effective writing
Sentence Length
9. To set you apart from the others; show that you have customized your resume for that company/job opening
Abstract words
Things to think through when planning a website
Goal of a letter of application
Be Flexible - Avoid Perfectionism - Keep Going - Keep making progress
10. What are Individual Contexts
Organizational - Professional - Personal
Figures of Speech
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
Purpose - Format - Composition
11. Used to show - by the structure of a sentence - the appropriate relationship between ideas of unequal importance.
Affectation
Subordination
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Characteristics of job-related writing
12. What are three levels of Revision?
'You Viewpoint'
Key draft questions
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
13. 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
Four keys to effective writing
Ethics in Business Writing
Rules for writing instructions
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
14. Honesty - attractive - carefully organized - concise accurate - current information - relevance
Figures of Speech
Examples of medium s of business communication
Active Voice
Characteristics do employers like to see in a resume
15. Informal
Proper Conversation - Personal Pronouns/Contractions - Sentences are Short - Organized - Well Structured;
Date - To - From - Subject Headings
Characteristics of job-related writing
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
16. Repeating keywords and key phrases
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Position
Concrete Words
Repetition
17. What are the activities in the planning stage?
similar
Key draft questions
Gathering and Collecting Information - Analyzing and Organizing Information - Choosing the Form - Channel - and Format of the Message
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
18. What is a Memorandum?
Long Dashes
Internal Letters. Sometimes classified as Reports
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Keep Distance between Writer and Reader - Avoid Personal References/Contractions - Longer Sentences - for people of Higher Status
19. How much time should a student spend in each writing stage?
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
One-third
Date - To - From - Subject Headings
20. What is format of most Memos?
Conciseness - Clarity - Etiquette - Correctness
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
Date - To - From - Subject Headings
21. Formal
Casual - Informal - or Formal
Keep Distance between Writer and Reader - Avoid Personal References/Contractions - Longer Sentences - for people of Higher Status
Purpose - Format - Composition
Main parts of internal proposals
22. An organized presentation of relevant data on any topic that a company or agency tracks in its day-to-day operations
Mechanical Devices
Coherent writing
Short report
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
23. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Cautiously i.e. BTW: by the way
Strategy and Humanness
24. Where you put the idea - The first & last words of a sentence - paragraph - doc - stand out in readers' minds.
Position
Ethics in Business Writing
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
Recursive
25. What are three levels of Editing?
Position
Climatic Order
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
Telegraphic Style
26. 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
Get Feedback From Others!
Proper Conversation - Personal Pronouns/Contractions - Sentences are Short - Organized - Well Structured;
Wordiness
Four keys to effective writing
27. Are these stages recursive or linear?
Idioms
Recursive
Position
Things to think through when planning a website
28. 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.
Your Name - Closing Statement such as Thanks - Regards in more formal messages
Outlining
Keep Distance between Writer and Reader - Avoid Personal References/Contractions - Longer Sentences - for people of Higher Status
Position
29. Plan what you are going to say - polish what you wrote before you sent it - proofread everything
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30. How do you Plan the message?
Define the Problem - Consider the Audience and their Individual Contexts - Consider your own Contexts - Best Way to Achieve message;
Your Name - Closing Statement such as Thanks - Regards in more formal messages
Your audience is the best guide for What and How
Cut out nonessentials - Minimize references to Previous Communications
31. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?
Long Dashes
Represent writer and topic formally to recipient. Correspondence with People Outside the your organization.
Four keys to effective writing
Conciseness - Clarity - Etiquette - Correctness
32. 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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33. The use of language that is more formal - technical - or showy than necessary to communicate information to the reader.
Four keys to effective writing
Stress Brevity - uses abbreviations - Convey ideas completely - minimal need for response - Telephone message - but in writing.
Cut out nonessentials - Minimize references to Previous Communications
Affectation
34. How do you present information in long messages?
Three P's for success in writing a memo
Attractive and Readable Format
Get Feedback From Others!
Use Direct Pattern if positive - Use Indirect Pattern if neutral or negative; State Objective - ALWAYS Consider Audience and Purpose
35. 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
Characteristics of job-related writing
Revision - Editing - Proofreading
It is integral in how your audience will receive and accept the information.
Connotation
36. Concern policies and regulations found in employee handbooks and other internal corporate communications
Conciseness
Biased Language
Gathering and Collecting Information - Analyzing and Organizing Information - Choosing the Form - Channel - and Format of the Message
Procedures
37. They dentify things that can be perceived by the 5 senses - such as diploma - manager - or keyboard
Put it Last - using the opening to prepare the audience
Information the reader will want - put it first.
Concrete Words
Key draft questions
38. 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
Emphasis
Conciseness - Clarity - Etiquette - Correctness
Buzz Words
Guidelines for effective business e-mail messages
39. Introduction; list of equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion
Main parts of a set of instructions
Idioms
Repetition
Figures of Speech
40. Using words like 'most - much - very' with caution - wthout overdoing it.
Most Important Information First - and then Descending Order
Intensifiers
Euphemismss
NO offensive or abusive emails should be sent - and no upper case - as that is considered SCREAMING
41. Etiquette
Purpose - Format - Composition
Sentence Length
Active Voice
NO offensive or abusive emails should be sent - and no upper case - as that is considered SCREAMING
42. Clairty
Selecting the proper medium
Wordiness
Date - To - From - Subject Headings
Strive for Concreteness - Vigor - Precision - Short sentences and paragraphs
43. Techniques for writing memos and emails are...
similar
Proper Conversation - Personal Pronouns/Contractions - Sentences are Short - Organized - Well Structured;
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Cut out nonessentials - Minimize references to Previous Communications
44. Condenses writing by omitting articles - pronouns - conjunctions - and transitions - e.g. ' Per 5/21 email 12 copies of instruction needed asap'
Your Name - Closing Statement such as Thanks - Regards in more formal messages
Revision of content - Organization - Formatting
Examples of medium s of business communication
Telegraphic Style
45. 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
Characteristics do employers like to see in a resume
Ethics in Business Writing
Past Correspondence - Employees - Records - Warranties - Product Descriptions - Survey - Interviews
Write Correctly so others will not think you are stupid or lack credibility
46. 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
Information the reader will want - put it first.
Buzz Words
Garbled Sentences
Active Voice
47. What should you know about a Letter?
It is integral in how your audience will receive and accept the information.
Purpose - Format - Composition
Selecting the proper medium
Abstract words
48. To emphasize the performer of an action: make the performer the subject of the verb
Recipient's Name and Introduce Yourself
Sentence Type
Strategy and Humanness
Active Voice
49. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations
Goal of a letter of application
Represent writer and topic formally to recipient. Correspondence with People Outside the your organization.
Most Important Information First - and then Descending Order
Information needed for short report
50. What techniques can be used for gathering information?
Procedures
Visualize Readers - Keep their interests in mind - List Pertinent Facts - Brainstorming - Diagrams
Be Flexible - Avoid Perfectionism - Keep Going - Keep making progress
Idioms
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