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The Business Writing Process

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






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






4. E.g. 'most important'






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






6. 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?






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






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






9. What is Direct Order?






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






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






12. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






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






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






16. What is important in the Revising stage?






17. Casual






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






19. Techniques for writing memos and emails are...






20. 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






21. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






23. What should you know about a Letter?






24. 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)






25. How to end an email






26. 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






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






28. What are Individual Contexts






29. Are these stages recursive or linear?






30. 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.






31. Goal and audience






32. What are Cons of Email?

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33. What is format of most Memos?






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






35. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






37. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






38. Formal






39. 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






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






41. How do you present information in message?






42. Steps to Successful Writing






43. What is Indirect Order?






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






45. Tell and show how to do something






46. How do you Plan the message?






47. 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






48. When should email NOT be used?






49. Introduction; list of equipment and materials; steps for your instructions; warnings - cautions - and notes; conclusion






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