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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Formal






3. What is the best advice for Drafting?






4. How do you Plan the message?






5. Less formal than in the past - Varies from conversational style - The use of personal pronouns is important - In emails etc. something between conversational & business writing should be used - Only use we when it is company policy






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






7. 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






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






9. How do you present information in message?






10. What are the activities in the planning stage?






11. What is Direct Order?






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

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






14. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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. What types of research is done in gathering information?






17. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






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






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






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






22. Conciseness






23. Informal






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






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






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






27. Goal and audience






28. How to end an email






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






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






31. 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






32. Correctness






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






34. Using short and long sentences strategically






35. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






36. 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






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






38. Casual






39. What is a Memorandum?






40. When should email NOT be used?






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






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






43. What is important in the Revising stage?






44. 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






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






46. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






47. Etiquette






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






49. Use Initialisms






50. 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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