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The Business Writing Process
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The Business Writing Process
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1. Formality Considerations

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

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

4. What is a Memorandum?

5. Repeating keywords and key phrases

6. Etiquette

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

8. 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

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

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. What is Indirect Order?

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

13. 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)

14. Steps to Successful Writing

15. What is the best advice for Drafting?

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

17. 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

18. Formal

19. Using short and long sentences strategically

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

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

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

23. When to use Instant Messaging?

24. General considerations with Email Messages

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