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The Business Writing Process

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Plan what you are going to say - polish what you wrote before you sent it - proofread everything

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






3. What is important in the Revising stage?






4. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






6. 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.






7. How do you present information in long messages?






8. Tell and show how to do something






9. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






10. When should email NOT be used?






11. How to end an email






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






13. How is formatting important?






14. Words or phrases that suddenly become popular and - because of an intense period of overuse - lose their freshness and precisness - E.g. interface (as a verb) - impact (as a verb) - skill sets - deliverables - slam dunk - bleeding edge - cash cow - 2






15. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






17. How do you present information in message?






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






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






20. How do you begin the message?

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21. 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






22. What are Pros of Email?






23. Conciseness






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. Clairty






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






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






28. General considerations with Email Messages






29. How do you Plan the message?






30. Correctness






31. What is Indirect Order?






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






33. What are Individual Contexts






34. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






37. Are these stages recursive or linear?






38. What are three levels of Editing?






39. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






41. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






43. Steps to Successful Writing






44. Etiquette






45. Using short and long sentences strategically






46. Repeating keywords and key phrases






47. 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.






48. What are three levels of Revision?






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






50. Stages can also be summarized as...