Exam 5: Revising Your Writing

Using positive expressions helps you build goodwill among audience members.

Which is not a reason to avoid slang in business writing?

When you use the active voice,you are emphasizing the doer rather than the receiver of the action in that sentence.

If you use clichés in your business writing,you

Which strategy best emphasizes an idea?

Which statement about jargon is correct?

In what situations should you not focus attention on the reader?

One reason to control paragraph length is to avoid obscuring a key idea that appears in one of the middle paragraphs.

The transitional word nevertheless shows a contrasting relationship.

A competent communicator frequently uses the word you,regardless of whether positive or negative news is conveyed.

Which sentence does not contain a cliché or overused expression?

Pronouns can bind sentences and ideas together to create a more coherent paragraph.

To be sure your message is understood,use as much specific jargon as possible when communicating with people outside your organization.

A paragraph has coherence when each sentence

Believing that your decision is based on sound reasoning increases your risk of writing with less confidence.

Which of the following is a good example of courteous,sincere writing?

The purpose of parallel structure is to connect topic sentences and enhance the unity within a message.

Identify the sentence that does not contain a cliché,slang,or a buzzword.

Which sentence displays a confident writing style?

Which of the following is not a good way to create a courteous,sincere tone?