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






2. Casual






3. What is format of most Memos?






4. Formal






5. What are the activities in the planning stage?






6. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






7. 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






8. What are Cons of Email?

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9. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






10. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






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






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






14. Use Initialisms






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






16. What is a Memorandum?






17. How do you present information in long messages?






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






19. What types of research is done in gathering information?






20. 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






21. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






22. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






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






25. What are Individual Contexts






26. 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






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






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






29. What is Direct Order?






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






31. How is formatting important?






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






33. When to use Instant Messaging?






34. How do you begin the message?

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






36. General considerations with Email Messages






37. E.g. 'most important'






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






39. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






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






41. 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






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






43. How do you present information in message?






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






45. What are three levels of Revision?






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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