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The Business Writing Process

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






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






3. Formality Considerations






4. 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.






5. What are the activities in the planning stage?






6. 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






7. Formal






8. Informal






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






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






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






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






13. 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?






14. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






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






17. General considerations with Email Messages






18. Using short and long sentences strategically






19. Use Initialisms






20. What are three levels of Editing?






21. 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






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






23. When should email NOT be used?






24. Etiquette






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






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






27. 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






28. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






30. What is the best advice for Drafting?






31. What should you know about a Letter?






32. How do you Plan the message?






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






34. What is format of most Memos?






35. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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

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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. How do you begin the message?

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






44. What are three levels of Revision?






45. 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






46. What are Individual Contexts






47. How do you present information in long messages?






48. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






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







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