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The Business Writing Process

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






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






3. How is formatting important?






4. Stages can also be summarized as...






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. What are Individual Contexts






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






12. What are three levels of Revision?






13. 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






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






15. Informal






16. Repeating keywords and key phrases






17. What are the activities in the planning stage?






18. What is a Memorandum?






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






20. What is format of most Memos?






21. Formal






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






23. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






25. What are three levels of Editing?






26. 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






27. Are these stages recursive or linear?






28. 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.






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

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30. How do you Plan the message?






31. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






34. How do you present information in long messages?






35. 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






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






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






38. Make sure your e-mail is confidential and ethical - observe all of the proprietary requirements when using e-mail - use an acceptable format- follow all of the rules of 'netiqette' when answering e-mail - adopt a professional style - ensure that yo






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






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






41. Etiquette






42. Clairty






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. What should you know about a Letter?






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






49. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






50. What techniques can be used for gathering information?







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