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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. Condenses writing by omitting articles - pronouns - conjunctions - and transitions - e.g. ' Per 5/21 email 12 copies of instruction needed asap'






2. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






3. Formal






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






5. Tell and show how to do something






6. What are Pros of Email?






7. How is formatting important?






8. When should email NOT be used?






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






10. What are the activities in the planning stage?






11. What should you know about a Letter?






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






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

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14. 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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15. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






17. How do you present information in long messages?






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






19. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






21. Goal and audience






22. Correctness






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






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






25. General considerations with Email Messages






26. Repeating keywords and key phrases






27. 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






28. The attitude a writer expresses toward the subject and his or her readers. May range depending on purpose etc.






29. 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






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






31. Used to show - by the structure of a sentence - the appropriate relationship between ideas of unequal importance.






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






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






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






35. How do you present information in message?






36. Use Initialisms






37. 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?






38. What are Cons of Email?

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39. 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






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






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






42. What is important in the Revising stage?






43. Clairty






44. Conciseness






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






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






47. 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






48. Stages can also be summarized as...






49. General ideas - qualities - conditions - acts or relationships-intangible things that cannot be detected by the five senses






50. What is Indirect Order?