chapter 6

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One of the best method to communicate.
Writing
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Is one of the oldest known forms of communication
Writing
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Writing Skills
A career requirement
Writing Skills
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"Nice thing to have" -
a necessity
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Your writing=
Your personality
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As a professional, its crucial to ___ .
write well
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The writing process
Planning
Writing
Quality Control
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Keep objectives in mind and research the topic
Planning
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Think about the audience
Outlining helps organize thoughts
Planning
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Follow your outline, use your handbook
Writing
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Inspiration is acceptable but must be carefully reviewed
Writing
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Use the interview approach to supplement the outline ( who, what, where, when, why, how)
Writing
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Reread your work
Quality Control
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Be critical of your own work
Quality Control
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Characteristics of a good writing
Completeness
Correctness
Credibility
Clarity
Conciseness
Consideration
Vitality
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All information needed is provided
Completeness
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Support your argument
Credibility
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Relevant and precise information
Correctness
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Should not vague, confusing, ambigous
Clarity
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To the point
Conciseness
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Anticipate the reader's reaction
Consideration
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Use the active voice rather than the
Vitality
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Types of writing
E-mails
Letters and memos
Agendas
Reports
Promotional Material
Academic Document Research (scientific) manuscripts
White Papers
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is fast, convenient and easy
E-mail
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is now the dominant method of communicating in business
Email
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Are the basic vehicles of business communication
Letters and memos
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are for external communications

Letters
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are for internal communications
Memos
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The mark such as period, comma, parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements to clarify meaning
Punctuation
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A period or 'full' stop expressed the end of a sentence and sometimes abbreviations.
Period
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- It is one of the most used punctuation marks and the most common way to conclude a sentence
Period
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-indicates a smaller break.
Comma
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Used to add extra information in text,
Parentheses
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Used mainly in quotations to add extra information that was'nt the original quote.
Brackets
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-to influence (verb)
Affect
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-the result of something (noun)
Effect
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in or at that place (adverb)
There
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-indicates ownership (pronoun + noun)-
Their
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- referring to indistinct or nonspecific relationship
Among
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-referring to one-to-one relationships
Between
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Is used to express ability or capability
Can
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Is used to express permission or possibility
May
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Is used in the first person (I, we)
Shall
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Is used in all other persons (you, he/she, they)
Will
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Is used when your talking about comparisons
Than
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Is used when you're talking about something relating to time
Then
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