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The Business Writing Process

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  • 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. 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?






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






3. What are Individual Contexts






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






5. Casual






6. Use Initialisms






7. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






9. What are Pros of Email?






10. 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.






11. When to use Instant Messaging?






12. What is Indirect Order?






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






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






15. 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






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






17. Are these stages recursive or linear?






18. What is format of most Memos?






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






20. What are the activities in the planning stage?






21. 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






22. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






23. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






25. What is important in the Revising stage?






26. What are Cons of Email?

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27. E.g. 'most important'






28. Steps to Successful Writing






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






30. Correctness






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






32. Introduction - list of materials - actual steps - warnings - cautions - and notes - conclusion when necessary






33. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






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






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






37. Conciseness






38. What is a Memorandum?






39. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






40. Goal and audience






41. What are three levels of Revision?






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






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






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






46. Informal






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






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






49. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






50. How do you Plan the message?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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