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The Business Writing Process

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Informal






2. What are Individual Contexts






3. Repeating keywords and key phrases






4. Tell and show how to do something






5. What is Direct Order?






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






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






8. What is the best advice for Drafting?






9. What are Cons of Email?

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






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






12. 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






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






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. 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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16. How is formatting important?






17. Clairty






18. Casual






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






20. What is a Memorandum?






21. 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






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






23. What is current emphasis on for a Letter?






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






25. What are three levels of Revision?






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






27. What is important in the Revising stage?






28. Using short and long sentences strategically






29. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






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






31. When should email NOT be used?






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






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






34. Steps to Successful Writing






35. 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






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






37. What is format of most Memos?






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






39. 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)






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion






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






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






49. 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






50. Goal and audience