BUAD 3368 CH. 5 & 6

When composing your first draft you should avoid:

Zombie nouns - take the life out of the action verb

An Informational Report has how many components?

God directly spoke to Noah about his plans to flood the earth and instructed him to build an Ark

The final phase of the 3 x 3 writing process focuses on:

Eliminate familiar phrases that contain expendable parts.

Direct strategy - the main idea comes first, followed by:

Formal Research - information obtained through formal research using primary and secondary sources.

Organizing your message can be Informal or Formal

When proofreading routine documents, you should do all except:

Construct sentences that average 25 words.

Cliches cannot be explained and therefore should be used only in America.

Two Simple Techniques that help writers organize data are scratch outlines and lists

Collecting information about a certain topic is called __________.

"Please do not hesitate to" is an example of

When brainwriting you should write ideas on flip charts, paper, post-it slips and then discuss and rank the best ideas.

Getting me main idea out quickly is also called Frontloading

Use the indirect strategy if you expect the audience to be uninterested, displeased or hostile.

Encourage the receiver to respond to your messages and use that feedback to improve your communication technique.

Buzzwords are often meant to impress rather than express

Listing items horizontally makes them stand out.

Underlining a word in your message conveys special meaning.

Use informal research for routine tasks such as:

Process for generating and sorting ideas emphasizing visual concepts

Grammer and Spell checkers are always correct and should be relied on.

An E-mail, Memo and Letter have 3 typical components: Opening, Body and Closing

Expressions that repeat meaning or include unnecessary words

You should also avoid three common sentence faults: Fragment, Run-on, and Comma Splice

Improve clarity of your writing, use these techniques

Companies use microblogging to make announcements, promote goodwill and sell products.

An example of a direct message

"Feel Free to" is a Concise message