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The Business Writing Process

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






2. 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






3. Informal






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. General considerations with Email Messages






14. Casual






15. What are Cons of Email?

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16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Tell and show how to do something






20. What are Pros of Email?






21. E.g. 'most important'






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






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






24. Repeating keywords and key phrases






25. What is Indirect Order?






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






27. Goal and audience






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






29. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






30. Sentences can vary in sentence length - word order - loose and periodic sentences






31. 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






32. Clairty






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






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






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






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






43. What is a Memorandum?






44. What is Direct Order?






45. How to end an email






46. 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?






47. How do you present information in message?






48. 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






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






50. What is important in the Revising stage?