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The Business Writing Process

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. Clairty






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






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






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






9. Informal






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






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






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






13. What are Individual Contexts






14. What should you know about a Letter?






15. Use Initialisms






16. Casual






17. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






19. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






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

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






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






24. What are Pros of Email?






25. How do you begin the message?

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






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






28. 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?






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






30. What is format of most Memos?






31. What are the activities in the planning stage?






32. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






33. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






34. Etiquette






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






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






37. Steps to Successful Writing






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






39. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






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






42. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






44. 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






45. How do you Plan the message?






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






48. What are three levels of Revision?






49. Using short and long sentences strategically






50. 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







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