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Sample Test

Chapter 03

Planning, Composing, and Revising

 

 

Multiple Choice Questions

1.   Which of the following guidelines is LEAST likely to produce good writing?
A.Have several different strategies to choose from.
B. Have clear goals focusing on purpose and audience.
C. Use rules as guidelines that can be broken.
D. Edit everything as soon as it is written.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

2.   Which of the following is NOT something to check during a thorough revision?
A.Style and tone
B. Organization
C. Punctuation and spelling
D. Content and clarity

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

3.   In which part of the writing process is it most important to know the rules of grammar and punctuation?
A.Editing
B. Revising
C. Proofreading
D. Every part of the process

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-05 What to Look for When You Edit

 

 

4.   Jaye realizes that she has used the word “your” when she meant “you’re,” so she replaces her original word with the correct term. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Revising
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-05 What to Look for When You Edit

5.   Ben chooses a pattern of organization before he begins a letter. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Getting feedback
C. Brainstorming
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

6.   Which of the following is NOT a good strategy for dealing with a company that seems to have horrible “in house” style preferences?
A.Recognize that the company’s preferred style may serve purposes other than communication.
B. Use good stylistic techniques to demonstrate good writing and possibly change readers’ minds mind.
C. Don’t ask your supervisor whether s/he actually endorses these preferences.
D. Help others in the company learn about good writing by sharing resources and research with them.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-05 Explain the importance of getting and using feedback.
Topic: 03-17 Organizational Preferences for Style

 

 

7.   Which of the following strategies is likely to create successful writing for the web?
A.Get to the point
B. Write for search engines more than for readers
C. Maintain the same document lengths that you have in hard-copy documents
D. Make sure you always use full sentences

 

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Learning Objective: 03-04 Discuss successful Web writing and editing.
Topic: 03-14 Writing and Editing for the Web

8.   Which of the following writing strategies is NOT appropriate for writing to strangers?
A.Use abbreviations in email messages if they’re part of the reader’s business culture
B. Use grammatically correct sentence structures
C. Avoid formality, in order to establish a friendly relationship
D. Avoid clichés, in order to sound interesting and original

 

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Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-07 Good Style in Business Writing

9.   Henri’s teachers have told him that he has a problem with wordiness, so he goes through each line carefully, looking for places he can tighten his writing. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Revising
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-05 What to Look for When You Edit

 

 

10.                Amy analyzes her audience to determine how much company history she will need in her report. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Evaluating
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

11.                Which of the following strategies will improve your style, making it vivid and vigorous?
A.Read widely and write a lot
B. Read your draft silently to yourself, in full
C. Rely on your own judgment far more than on others’ feedback
D. Try to maintain your existing sentence structures, wherever possible

 

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Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-09 Building a Better Style

12.                When Jacob realizes that his persuasive memo doesn’t counteract the most obvious probable objections, he adds two additional paragraphs. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Revising
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-04 What to Look for When You Revise

 

 

13.                Melanie decides that the data section of her report is weak, so she adds two graphs and explanatory details. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Revising
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-04 What to Look for When You Revise

14.                The problem with the sentence “CLECs exist in many markets” in a letter to the general public is:
A.CLEC has a negative connotation.
B. CLEC is emotionally charged.
C. CLEC has many possible denotations.
D. CLEC is technical jargon.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

15.                Which fraction of your total writing time should you plan to spend on planning and organizing?
A.One-tenth
B. One-fifth
C. One-third
D. One-quarter

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

 

 

16.                Which of the following strategies will enhance web-based writing?
A.Try to be cute and clever, to maintain interest
B. Tell readers “click here,” to enhance clarity
C. Incorporate as many hyperlinks as possible, to appear knowledgeable and well-connected
D. Make each page independent, to facilitate entry from anywhere in the site

 

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Learning Objective: 03-04 Discuss successful Web writing and editing.
Topic: 03-14 Writing and Editing for the Web

17.                “It is the case that good communicators advance more quickly in the company.” Which of the following would be the best revision of this sentence?
A.”It is the case that those who communicate well advance more quickly in the company.”
B. “It is true that good communicators advance rapidly in the company.”
C. “Evidence has shown that good communicators quickly advance in the company.”
D. “Good communicators advance more quickly in the company.”

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

18.                Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe the process known as “cycling”?
A.It’s usually only used for internal documents
B. It’s a fact of life in business, government agencies, and non-profit organizations
C. It’s a useful way of getting feedback
D. It can usefully incorporate directed questions for readers about particular drafts

 

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Learning Objective: 03-05 Explain the importance of getting and using feedback.
Topic: 03-16 Giving, Getting, and Using Feedback

 

 

19.                Which of the following strategies will enhance your style?
A.Clearly separate the subject and verb in long sentences
B. Always edit sentences for tightness, even short ones
C. Use long sentences when your subject matter is complicated or full of numbers
D. Use short sentences to create repetition

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

20.                Before writing a recommendation report to the CEO, Dee and Yossie distribute a survey to everyone in their company to determine which new benefits employees are most interested in. What part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Evaluating
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

21.                Which of the following sentences exhibits the best style?
A.We need to take into consideration the data that are in the most recent report in order to make a decision.
B. We need to consider the data that are in the most recent report in order to make a decision
C. We need to consider the data that the report contains in order to decide.
D. We need to consider the data contained in the report in order to decide.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

 

 

22.                As they read a draft of their formal report, Lee, Anne, and Akuru realize that sometimes they have used the word “there” correctly, and sometimes the word should be “their.” They use their word processor’s “find” feature to help them locate all the places they used “there,” so they can determine if it is correct or not. Which part of the writing process does this activity represent?
A.Planning
B. Gathering
C. Revising
D. Editing

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

23.                Which of the following is generally NOT good style in business writing today?
A.The use of personal pronouns
B. A formal style traditionally favored in college and university
C. The use of active verbs
D. A conversational style

 

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Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-07 Good Style in Business Writing

24.                Which of the following was NOT a trait of James Suchan and Robert Colucci’s “high-impact” version of a memo report?
A.Short paragraphs with headings
B. Active verbs and concrete language
C. Simple sentences in normal word order
D. “Bottom line” (purpose of the report) clarified in the final paragraph

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-10 Ten Ways to Make Your Writing Easier to Read

 

 

25.                Where should the topic sentence of your paragraph be located?
A.At the beginning of the paragraph
B. At the end of the paragraph
C. Anywhere in the paragraph
D. A topic sentence is not necessary

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-10 Ten Ways to Make Your Writing Easier to Read

26.                Which of the following is NOT one of the traits of a good topic sentence?
A.A good topic sentence forecasts the structure of a paragraph.
B. A good topic sentence is implied, rather than being explicitly stated.
C. A good topic sentence is placed at the beginning of the paragraph.
D. A good topic sentence prepares the reader for the content that follows.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-10 Ten Ways to Make Your Writing Easier to Read

27.                Which of the following sentences uses an active verb, rather than a passive verb?
A.The report will be finished before the meeting.
B. The report should be finished before work begins.
C. The report will explain the project details.
D. The report was submitted last week.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-10 Ten Ways to Make Your Writing Easier to Read

 

 

28.                Which of the following sentences relies only on active verbs?
A.It will be compiled this month.
B. Trained professionals conducted this research.
C. It has been shown that reading screens is 25% slower than reading from paper.
D. The research could be submitted for publication this spring.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-10 Ten Ways to Make Your Writing Easier to Read

29.                Which of the following is NOT a good reason to use long sentences?
A.To show how ideas are linked to each other
B. To impress your audience
C. To avoid too many short, choppy sentences
D. To reduce repetition

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

30.                Which of the following is NOT true of passive verbs?
A.Passive verbs can be used to emphasize the object, rather the agent.
B. Passive verbs can be used to avoid assigning blame.
C. Passive verbs are useful in very formal or official sounding documents.
D. Passive verbs can help provide coherence when they introduce familiar information at the beginning of a sentence.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

 

 

31.                Which of the following is NOT a strategy for tightening your writing?
A.Combine sentences to eliminate wordiness.
B. Start sentences with “There are” or “It is.”
C. Eliminate words that say nothing.
D. Put your core meaning into the subject and verb of your main clause.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

32.                Which one of the following effectively uses second person pronouns?
A.They can begin to work on their marketing strategy after they meet with the client.
B. I can begin to work on my marketing strategy after I meet with the client.
C. We can begin to work on our marketing strategy after we meet with the client.
D. You can begin to work on your marketing strategy after you meet with the client.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

33.                Which of the following does NOT represent the best word choice in writing?
A.Accurate denotation
B. “Businessese” when writing within the business community
C. Appropriate connotation
D. Technical jargon when writing to a technical audience

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

 

 

34.                Which of the following statements is true about connotation?
A.It is the same for everyone who speaks the language.
B. It does not merit much consideration.
C. It can substantially change the meaning of a message.
D. It never changes over time.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

35.                Choose an ending that correctly uses parallelism to complete this sentence: “The best writers are flexible, realistic, and _____.”
A.write regularly
B. they use editing
C. will use the writing process
D. practical

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

36.                Choose the alternative that corrects the error in parallelism in the following: “To de-emphasize negative information, you should minimize negative words, state information positively, and sometimes if the negative really isn’t important you can eliminate it.”
A.You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and, if the negative really isn’t important, you can eliminate it.
B. You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and eliminate unimportant negatives.
C. You should minimize negative words, state information positively, and eliminating unimportant negatives can help.
D. You should eliminate negative words, state information positively, and you can eliminate unimportant negatives.

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

 

 

 

True / False Questions

37.                “Editing” and “revising” are interchangeable terms.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

38.                Research shows that all good writers use the same processes.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

39.                To get the best feedback on your writing, avoid telling readers which aspects of a draft you’d like comments about.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-05 Explain the importance of getting and using feedback.
Topic: 03-16 Giving, Getting, and Using Feedback

40.                Good writers aim for perfection in the first draft.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

 

 

41.                First-rate writing can be produced even if the writer does not use all eight activities in the writing process.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

42.                Writing intended for the web should formal in tone and style.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-04 Discuss successful Web writing and editing.
Topic: 03-14 Writing and Editing for the Web

43.                Proofreading should be done after you finish revising and editing.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-06 How to Catch Typos

44.                Clustering is a visual method for organizing your ideas during the planning stage of the writing process.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

 

 

45.                Many letters and memos can be written more quickly if you choose a basic organizational pattern before you begin.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

46.                Brainstorming requires evaluation of each idea before writing the next idea.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

47.                You should always avoid passive verbs.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

48.                Spell checkers have eliminated the need for proofreading.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

49.                Use a long word if it is more familiar than a short word.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

 

 

50.                Only poor writers need to revise.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-04 What to Look for When You Revise

51.                Poor writers seem to use different processes than good writers.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

52.                A planning guide can help you customize the basic patterns of organization typically used in business and administrative communication.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

53.                Writers have the right to package their ideas as attractively as possible, even if that means omitting key information.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

 

 

54.                It is much faster to read on a screen than on paper, which means that web writers should feel free to develop their ideas over a lot of space.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-04 Discuss successful Web writing and editing.
Topic: 03-14 Writing and Editing for the Web

55.                Often you’ll get the best revision by not even using your first draft: set it aside, get a blank page or screen, and redraft.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-04 What to Look for When You Revise

56.                It is unnecessary to alter the stylistic formality of various business documents; the same level of formality will always suffice.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-07 Good Style in Business Writing

57.                Word processing software has raised readers’ expectations of documents, and has therefore led to more in-depth and specific feedback from readers.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-05 Explain the importance of getting and using feedback.
Topic: 03-16 Giving, Getting, and Using Feedback

 

 

58.                The eight activities of the writing process should always be done in a set order.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

59.                Situational factors like audiences influence how rigid writing “rules” actually are.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-07 Good Style in Business Writing

60.                Relying more on active verbs than on nouns make your writing more forceful.
TRUE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

61.                Tightening your writing should always result in a shorter document.
FALSE

 

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Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

62.                Most writers edit more accurately from a printed copy of a document, rather than from a screen.
TRUE

 

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Topic: 03-05 What to Look for When You Edit

 

 

 

Fill in the Blank Questions

63.                The thinking Jill does about how to achieve her purposes in her memo on the new bonus plan is called _____.
planning

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

64.                Getting the data you need to write a memorandum, including pulling a memo from your files or doing library research, is called _____.
gathering

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

65.                _____ means making sure the final copy is free from typographical errors.
Proofreading

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

66.                Jill is _____ her draft when she rereads it as though someone else had written it to see how it fulfills the requirements of the audience and the situation.
revising

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-01 Activities in the Writing Process

 

 

67.                The process of drafting, getting feedback, revising, and getting more feedback is called _____.
cycling

 

Learning Objective: 03-05 Explain the importance of getting and using feedback.
Topic: 03-16 Giving, Getting, and Using Feedback

68.                When you generate as many ideas as you can without judging or evaluating them, you are _____.
brainstorming

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

69.                You are _____ when you write without stopping for 10 minutes or so, even if all you write is “I’ll think of something soon.”
freewriting

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

70.                ______ is a method of thinking of ideas by writing the central topic in the middle of the page and circling it, then writing down the ideas the topic suggests and circling them, and finally looking for connections.
Clustering

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents

71.                Promotional material can productively use ________________ instead of grammatically complete sentences.
sentence fragments

 

Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-08 Evaluating “Rules” About Writing

 

 

72.                A verb that explains what the subject IS DOING (rather than what is done to is) is the following kind of verb: _________.
active

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

73.                Good business writing is mimics _____ instead of academic writing, and is less formal today than was traditionally expected.
conversation

 

Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-07 Good Style in Business Writing

74.                When two people use the same word to denote different things, _____ occurs.
bypassing

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

75.                _____ means putting items in a series or list in the same grammatical structure.
Parallelism or Parallel structure

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

76.                The word “you” is classified as __________ person.
second

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

 

 

77.                Words that indicate the nature of the connections between ideas and sentences are called ___________.
transitions

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-11 As You Write and Revise Paragraphs

78.                The noun phrase “take into consideration” would be much more effective rewritten as the verb _____.
“consider”

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

79.                A gerund, such as the word _____ in the sentence “Writing requires practice and a willingness to work through the process,” can help to make sentences smoother and more conversational.
“writing”

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-12 As You Write and Revise Sentences

80.                Words that are overused and no longer alive are sometimes called ______________.
deadwood

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

81.                _____ refers to the emotional associations of a word, as opposed to its literal or dictionary definition.
Connotation

 

Learning Objective: 03-03 List ten ways to make your writing easier to read.
Topic: 03-13 As You Choose Words

 

 

82.                To help eliminate awkward phrasing, use WIRMI, which stands for _____.
What I Really Mean Is

 

Learning Objective: 03-02 Explain how to build a strong business writing style.
Topic: 03-09 Building a Better Style

 

Essay Questions

83.                List the three steps of effective proofreading, and explain why they work.

The three steps of effective proofreading are as follows:

1. Read once quickly for meaning, to see that nothing has been left out.
2. Read a second time, slowly. When you find an error, correct it, and then re-read that line.
3. To proofread a document you know well, read the lines backward or the pages out of order.

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-06 How to Catch Typos

84.                Explain the difference between revising, editing, and proofreading, and show how each contributes to the quality of the final document.

Revising means changing the document to make it better satisfy your purposes and the needs of the audience. Editing means making surface-level changes that make the document satisfy the requirements of standard English and the principles of business writing. Proofreading means checking the final copy to see that it’s free from typographical errors.

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

 

 

85.                List five things you should always look for when you edit a draft, and explain why it is important to evaluate these factors.

Answers include the following: sentence structure, subject-verb and noun-pronoun agreement, punctuation, word usage, spelling, and numbers.

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-05 What to Look for When You Edit

86.                Identify three of the processes that good writers tend to use, and explain why these processes promote document success.

Any 3 of the following may be true of good writers:

-Tend to realize that the first draft will not be perfect
-Write regularly
-Break big jobs into small chunks
-Have clear goals focusing on purpose and audience
-Have several different strategies from which to choose
-Use rules flexibly
-Wait to edit until after the draft is complete

 

Learning Objective: 03-01 Describe eight activities in the writing process.
Topic: 03-02 Planning, Brainstorming, and Organizing Business Documents
Topic: 03-03 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

87.                How is writing for the web different from other kinds of writing? How should writers adjust their work for the web, and why?

Answers should discuss different reading speeds (screen vs. paper) and overwhelming reader choice; answers should also discuss the importance of brevity, conversational tone, reader-centered content, easily readable and navigable pages, the importance of self-contained sections, etc.

 

Learning Objective: 03-04 Discuss successful Web writing and editing.
Topic: 03-14 Writing and Editing for the Web