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How is writing for the web different from other kinds of writing? How should writers adjust their work for the web, and why?

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The thinking Jill does about how to achieve her purposes in her memo on the new bonus plan is called _____.

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When two people use the same word to denote different things, _____ occurs.

Which of the following is NOT a good strategy for dealing with a company that seems to have horrible "in house" style preferences?

Amy analyzes her audience to determine how much company history she will need in her report.What part of the writing process does this activity represent?

Promotional material can productively use ________________ instead of grammatically complete sentences.

List the three steps of effective proofreading, and explain why they work.

Discuss and evaluate your own composing process.In your answer, show which of the eight parts of the process you normally use; be sure to include your strategies for revising and editing.Explain the strategies you use that work well, and identify any parts of your process that keep you from doing your best work.

"Editing" and "revising" are interchangeable terms.

Which of the following strategies will enhance web-based writing?

In which part of the writing process is it most important to know the rules of grammar and punctuation?

_____ refers to the emotional associations of a word, as opposed to its literal or dictionary definition.

_____ means putting items in a series or list in the same grammatical structure.

A planning guide can help you customize the basic patterns of organization typically used in business and administrative communication.

Clustering is a visual method for organizing your ideas during the planning stage of the writing process.

Many letters and memos can be written more quickly if you choose a basic organizational pattern before you begin.

The word "you" is classified as __________ person.

Poor writers seem to use different processes than good writers.

Which of the following was NOT a trait of James Suchan and Robert Colucci's "high-impact" version of a memo report?

You are _____ when you write without stopping for 10 minutes or so, even if all you write is "I'll think of something soon."