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The Business Writing Process

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1. What are three levels of Editing?






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






3. When to use Instant Messaging?






4. Why Avoid Perfectionism in Drafting?






5. What is Indirect Order?






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






7. Informal






8. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






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






10. What are Cons of Email?

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

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12. Using short and long sentences strategically






13. How do you begin the message?

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14. 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.






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






16. When should email NOT be used?






17. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






18. What are Individual Contexts






19. How is formatting important?






20. Correctness






21. 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






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






23. How to end an email






24. 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






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






26. 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)






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






28. How do you present information in long messages?






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






30. How do you present information in message?






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






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






33. What is a Memorandum?






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






35. What is Direct Order?






36. How do you Plan the message?






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






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






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






40. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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






42. Repeating keywords and key phrases






43. 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






44. Tell and show how to do something






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






46. Stages can also be summarized as...






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






48. Formality Considerations






49. Casual






50. Purpose - problem - plan/solution - conclusion







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