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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. What are Pros of Email?






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






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






5. How to end an email






6. Formal






7. Are these stages recursive or linear?






8. Informal






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






10. What are three levels of Revision?






11. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






12. General considerations with Email Messages






13. How is formatting important?






14. Casual






15. 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.






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






17. Steps to Successful Writing






18. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






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






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






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






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






24. How do you Plan the message?






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






26. What are Cons of Email?


27. 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






28. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






29. Correctness






30. What are Individual Contexts






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. What is the best advice for Drafting?






35. Stages can also be summarized as...






36. 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?






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






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






39. Etiquette






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






41. 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






42. Conciseness






43. Tell and show how to do something






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






45. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






47. 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)






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






49. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






50. What should you know about a Letter?