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| Your first conact with a potential employer is through |
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| your resume and letter of application |
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| A website opens your company up to __________________________ business. |
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| A way of writing that is easily understood, culturally tactful, and diplomatic. It means your message is clear, straightforward, and appropriate for readers who are not native speakers of English. |
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| What are the four keys to effective writing? |
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1. Identify your audience.
2. Establish your purpose.
3. Formulate your message.
4. Select your style and tone. |
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| the sum of what facts, responses, and recommendations you put into writing. |
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| is how something is written rather than what is written |
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| expresses the attitude toward a topic and toward ythe audience by the speaker or writer |
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| Technical/Scientific Style and Tone |
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| highly technical style and impersonal tone |
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| List 6 functions job related writing serves. |
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1. Provide practical information
2. Give facts rather than impressions
3. Provide visuals to clarify and condense information
4. Give accurate measurements
5. State responsibility precisely
6. Persuade and offer recommendations |
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| A practical here's-what-you-need-to-do-or-to-know approach |
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| KNOWLEDGE-ORIENTED APPROACH |
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| Have someone understand something |
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True or false:
Occupational writing is largely concerned with the writer's feelings and guesses. |
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| False. Occupational writing is largely concerned with facts, concrete language, and specific details |
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True or False:
OCcupational writing is persuasive and requires the author/speaker to be an authority on the topic. |
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| True. See page 15 of your text for more information. |
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True or false:
Research can be persuasive. |
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| True. See page 15 of your text for more information. |
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True or false:
Ethics can be avoided in occupational writing. |
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| False. See page 18 of your text for more information. |
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stealing someone else's words (work) and claiming it as your own. For more information, see page 21 of your text.
(Note: One instance of this is a zero on the assignment; two will cause you to receive an F in my course. If you need clarification on the policy, please see the syllabus.) |
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