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The Business Writing Process

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






2. When should email NOT be used?






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






4. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






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






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






8. Are these stages recursive or linear?






9. How to end an email






10. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






13. What are the activities in the planning stage?






14. How do you Plan the message?






15. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






17. Using short and long sentences strategically






18. Conciseness






19. 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.






20. How do you present information in long messages?






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Tell and show how to do something






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






27. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






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






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






30. What is format of most Memos?






31. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






32. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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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37. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






38. What are Cons of Email?

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39. Etiquette






40. Clairty






41. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






42. What are three levels of Editing?






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






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

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45. 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






46. What are Individual Contexts






47. 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






48. 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






49. Casual






50. Goal and audience