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The Business Writing Process

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Varying sentences by using a compound sentence - a complex sentence - or a simple sentence






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






3. How is formatting important?






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






5. When should email NOT be used?






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






7. 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






8. How to end an email






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






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






11. E.g. 'most important'






12. How do you begin the message?

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






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






15. What is the best advice for Drafting?






16. What is Direct Order?






17. Using short and long sentences strategically






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. What is Indirect Order?






24. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






25. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






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






28. Correctness






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






30. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






31. 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






32. Formality Considerations






33. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






35. Formal






36. How do you Plan the message?






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






38. What are Cons of Email?

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






40. General considerations with Email Messages






41. How do you present information in message?






42. What should you know about a Letter?






43. Honesty - attractive - carefully organized - concise accurate - current information - relevance






44. 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.






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

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46. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






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






49. Use Initialisms






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