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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. What are three levels of Editing?






2. What are the activities in the planning stage?






3. 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






4. Clairty






5. 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






6. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






7. What is Indirect Order?






8. Use to call attention to a particular word or statement --






9. Repeating keywords and key phrases






10. How is formatting important?






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






12. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






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






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






16. Formal






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






18. How do you present information in long messages?






19. Etiquette






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






21. What are Individual Contexts






22. What is format of most Memos?






23. What is important in the Revising stage?






24. How do you Plan the message?






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






26. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






27. Formality Considerations






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






29. Steps to Successful Writing






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






31. What is the best advice for Drafting?






32. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






34. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






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






37. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






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






39. 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






40. General considerations with Email Messages






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






42. What should you know about a Letter?






43. 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






44. Tell and show how to do something






45. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






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






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






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






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