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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. Provide practical information - give facts not impressions - provide visuals to clarify and condense information - give accurate measurements - state responsibilities precisely - persuade and offer recommendations -






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






3. 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






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






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






6. What are Individual Contexts






7. What is format of most Memos?






8. Conciseness






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






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






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






12. How to end an email






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. 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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18. Informal






19. Goal and audience






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






21. Formality Considerations






22. 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






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






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






25. How do you begin the message?

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26. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






27. 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






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






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






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






31. What is the best advice for Drafting?






32. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






33. How is formatting important?






34. When to use Instant Messaging?






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

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






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






38. How do you Plan the message?






39. Use Initialisms






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






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






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






43. Correctness






44. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






45. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






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






48. When should email NOT be used?






49. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






50. How do you present information in message?