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The Business Writing Process

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1. How do you present information in long messages?






2. What are three levels of Revision?






3. Casual






4. How to end an email






5. 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






6. How do you begin the message?

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






8. How do you Plan the message?






9. 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)






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






11. Conciseness






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






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






14. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






16. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






18. What is Direct Order?






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






20. 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






21. What are three levels of Editing?






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






23. 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.






24. Use Initialisms






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






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






27. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






28. Tell and show how to do something






29. E.g. 'most important'






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






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






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






33. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






35. Etiquette






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






37. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






38. Formality Considerations






39. What is the best advice for Drafting?






40. Correctness






41. How is formatting important?






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






43. Goal and audience






44. 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?






45. The ___________ of a word are its meanings and associations beyond its literal definitions - words often have particular connotations for audiences within professional groups and organizations






46. 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






47. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






48. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






50. What is important in the Revising stage?







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