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The Business Writing Process

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1. What is format of most Memos?






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






3. General considerations with Email Messages






4. How do you present information in long messages?






5. 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.






6. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






8. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






10. How do you present information in message?






11. What are three levels of Editing?






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






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






15. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






17. Conciseness






18. What are Individual Contexts






19. Casual






20. 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






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






22. Tell and show how to do something






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






24. Goal and audience






25. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






27. Informal






28. What is Direct Order?






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






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






31. How to end an email






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






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






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






35. 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






36. What are three levels of Revision?






37. What are Cons of Email?

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






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






40. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






42. How do you begin the message?

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






44. Expressions that have been used fro so long that they are no longer fresh but come to mind easily bc they are so familiar. Often wordy as well as vague and cab be confusing - especially to non-native English speakers - E.g. all over the map - run it






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






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






47. What are Pros of Email?






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






49. 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?






50. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?







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