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The Business Writing Process

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1. What is a Memorandum?






2. What are three levels of Editing?






3. Conciseness






4. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






5. 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






6. 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?






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






8. Informal






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






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






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






13. What are three levels of Revision?






14. How do you Plan the message?






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






16. Steps to Successful Writing






17. Clairty






18. Are these stages recursive or linear?






19. When to use Instant Messaging?






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






21. Formality Considerations






22. What is Indirect Order?






23. What is the best advice for Drafting?






24. What is format of most Memos?






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. How do you know what to include in your message?






31. How do you begin the message?

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






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






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






36. Goal and audience






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






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






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

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






41. Use Initialisms






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






43. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






44. 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.






45. Repeating keywords and key phrases






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






47. 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)






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






49. Casual






50. Using short and long sentences strategically







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