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






2. How do you present information in message?






3. What are Cons of Email?

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4. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






5. How is formatting important?






6. When to use Instant Messaging?






7. What is the best advice for Drafting?






8. 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






9. 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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10. What is format of most Memos?






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






12. 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






13. Stages can also be summarized as...






14. Formal






15. How do you present information in long messages?






16. What should you know about a Letter?






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






18. 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.






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






20. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






21. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






22. What are Individual Contexts






23. Using short and long sentences strategically






24. Conciseness






25. Casual






26. Etiquette






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






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






29. How do you Plan the message?






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






31. Correctness






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






33. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






36. What is a Memorandum?






37. Words and expressions that offend because they make inappropriate assumptions or stereotypes about gender - ethnicity - physical or mental disability - age or sexual orientation.






38. When should email NOT be used?






39. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






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






41. What is Indirect Order?






42. 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






43. Steps to Successful Writing






44. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






46. Tell and show how to do something






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






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






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






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