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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. 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)






2. What are three levels of Editing?






3. How do you present information in long messages?






4. How do you present information in message?






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






6. Formality Considerations






7. What are Pros of Email?






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






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






10. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






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






13. General considerations with Email Messages






14. When should email NOT be used?






15. How to end an email






16. Casual






17. What is format of most Memos?






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






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






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






21. How is formatting important?






22. What are Cons of Email?

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






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






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






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






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

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28. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






29. What is Direct Order?






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






31. 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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32. What types of research is done in gathering information?






33. What are Individual Contexts






34. Steps to Successful Writing






35. Tell and show how to do something






36. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






43. E.g. 'most important'






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






45. When to use Instant Messaging?






46. 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






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






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






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






50. What techniques can be used for gathering information?