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The Business Writing Process

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1. 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






2. Using short and long sentences strategically






3. 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






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






5. Stages can also be summarized as...






6. Iitalics - bold type - underlining etc.






7. 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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8. What is critical to a message's success?






9. How do you present information in long messages?






10. Put instructions is correct order - right amount of information only - group closely related items into 1 step - give reader hints on how to best accomplish task - state when 1 step affects another - insert graphics where needed






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






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

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






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






15. What techniques can be used for gathering information?






16. Purpose - findings - conclusion - and recommendations






17. How is formatting important?






18. 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






19. Correctness






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






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






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






23. General considerations with Email Messages






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






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






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






27. What are three levels of Revision?






28. Informal






29. How do you Plan the message?






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






31. What is a Memorandum?






32. What is Indirect Order?






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






34. What are the activities in the planning stage?






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. Are these stages recursive or linear?






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






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






42. What are Individual Contexts






43. How do you begin the message?

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44. Casual






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






46. What are Cons of Email?

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






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






49. What is the general Purpose of a Letter?






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







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