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The Business Writing Process

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






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






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






4. When should email NOT be used?






5. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






6. General considerations with Email Messages






7. Repeating keywords and key phrases






8. How do you begin the message?

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9. What is important in the Revising stage?






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






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






12. Formal






13. What is a Memorandum?






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






15. Make sure your e-mail is confidential and ethical - observe all of the proprietary requirements when using e-mail - use an acceptable format- follow all of the rules of 'netiqette' when answering e-mail - adopt a professional style - ensure that yo






16. What are Individual Contexts






17. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






19. Informal






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






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






22. How do you present information in long messages?






23. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






24. 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






25. Etiquette






26. What is Indirect Order?






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






28. Using short and long sentences strategically






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 Plan the message?






31. Tell and show how to do something






32. 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






33. Are these stages recursive or linear?






34. Steps to Successful Writing






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






36. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






37. What are three levels of Editing?






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






39. What are Pros of Email?






40. 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)






41. What should you know about a Letter?






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

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43. 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.






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






45. How to end an email






46. Correctness






47. What are the activities in the planning stage?






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






49. How do you present information in message?






50. 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.







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