Exam 5: Organizing and Drafting Business Messages

Most business messages use the ____ paragraph plan because it clarifies the subject immediately.

Sensitive messages that deliver bad news should usually be organized 

The second phase of the 3-x-3 writing process includes researching, organizing, and ____________________.

Select the active-voice sentence.

Which of the following sentences contains a comma splice? 

Which of the following is an informal research method? 

Searching blogs, Twitter, wikis, and Facebook pages for information is an example of an informal research method.

Researching may involve informal or formal methods. List and describe two informal research methods and two formal research methods.

Which of the following statements about paragraphs is most accurate? 

One of the most important tasks in preparing well-organized messages is 

Which of the following sentences demonstrates parallelism? 

Shauna is writing a document that will compare and contrast different retirement plans. She will most likely use the ____ paragraph plan.

Placing the main idea first or last in a sentence is a good way to emphasize it.

Writing quickly so that you can get your thoughts down now and refine them in later versions is known as _____________.

Which of the following should be organized in a direct pattern? 

The following sentence contains a dangling modifier: Working all night, the report was finished by Robert.

Clauses that begin with words like although, since, because, when, and if are usually 

If you have any new ideas is an example of an independent clause.

Which of the following is not an advantage of the direct pattern? 

A well-organized message helps the reader understand relationships and accept the writer's view.