Writing Process Quiz

The final phase of the 3-x-3 writing process is .

• pre-writing

• revising

• drafting

• editing

Which of the following describes the role of evaluating in the writing process?

• Evaluating is not necessary for experienced business writers.

• Evaluating is the process of analyzing whether your message achieves its purpose.

• Evaluating is only necessary for informal documents such as internal memos or e-mail messages.

• Evaluating usually happens during the writing stage as you select words and form sentences.

Monica's supervisor has expressed concern about the readability of her messages, claiming that paragraphs are often too long. What aspect of her writing should Monica focus on to address this issue?

• Researching

• Proofreading

• Formatting

• Evaluating her purpose

Slashing wordy expressions, getting rid of long lead-ins, dropping fillers, and rejecting redundancies are all ways of making your writing more .

• informal

• formal

• persuasive

• concise

Which of the following statements regarding concise writing is accurate?

• Concise writing is only appropriate for short messages.

• Concise writing is easier to read and comprehend.

• Concise writing has the same impact as writing that is wordy, so long as the message is the same.

• Concise writing should be used only with logical messages, not emotional ones.

Slashing wordy expressions means .

• making your writing style more direct

• making your writing more persuasive

• combining sentences so that you have fewer sentences overall

• clarifying and shortening vague expressions

*Due to the fact that* is a wordy expression that could be shortened to the word(s) .

• *Because*

• *Until*

• *Despite*

• *Although*

Long sentence lead-ins .

• are unnecessary introductory words

• introduce the 'meat' of the message

• avoid reader confusion

• demonstrate effective language usage

A long lead-in is a series of introductory words that .

• are not necessary for the essential meaning of the message and should be removed

• play an important role in making the message sound more professional

• are essential for making the message more persuasive

• can be retained or removed in the message because they do not change the meaning of the message

*There is* and *It is* are examples of .

• long lead-ins.

• unnecessary fillers.

• redundancies.

• grammatical errors.