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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. What is Direct Order?






2. 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.






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






4. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






5. Conciseness






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

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7. Correctness






8. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






9. 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






10. How is formatting important?






11. 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






12. Formality Considerations






13. Casual






14. 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.






15. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






18. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






19. 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






20. Using short and long sentences strategically






21. Steps to Successful Writing






22. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






23. What is Indirect Order?






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






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






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






27. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






29. Repeating keywords and key phrases






30. Are these stages recursive or linear?






31. Formal






32. 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






33. Informal






34. E.g. 'most important'






35. 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






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






37. Clairty






38. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






40. 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






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






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






43. What are Individual Contexts






44. Identifying your audience - Establishing your purpose - Formulating your message - and Selecting your style (how something is written rather than what is written) and tone (expresses your attitude toward your topic and audience)






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






46. What are Cons of Email?

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47. 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






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






49. Tell and show how to do something






50. 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?