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






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. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






5. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






6. What is a Memorandum?






7. Tell and show how to do something






8. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






9. What are three levels of Editing?






10. 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






11. Informal






12. What is the best advice for Drafting?






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






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






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






16. What is format of most Memos?






17. What are Cons of Email?

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18. How do you present information in message?






19. The relationships among ideas are clear to readers. A logical sequence of related ideas and clear transitions between these ideas.






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






21. 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






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






23. General considerations with Email Messages






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






25. Steps to Successful Writing






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






27. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






28. Formality Considerations






29. 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






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






31. Correctness






32. How do you begin the message?

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






34. What are the activities in the planning stage?






35. Repeating keywords and key phrases






36. What are three levels of Revision?






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






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






39. Conciseness






40. 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?






41. 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)






42. Clairty






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






44. What are Pros of Email?






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






46. What is important in the Revising stage?






47. 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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48. Using short and long sentences strategically






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






50. Formal