ENGL 3010 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - String Theory, Noun, Media Composer
12 Oct 2018
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ENGL 3010
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
7 Cultural Variables that Lie “On the Surface”
1. Political – the laws that govern that culture
2. Economic
3. Social
4. Religious
5. Educational – highly literate, or moderately literate. Look at their educational background
6. Technological – are they tech. savvy
7. Linguistic – language of that culture
5 Variables “Beneath the Surface”
Focus on individuals or groups (low context)
Distance between business life and private life
Distance between ranks
Need for details to be spelled out
Attitudes toward uncertainty
8 Strategies for Readers from Other Cultures
Limit your vocabulary
Keep sentences short
Define abbreviations and acronyms in a glossary
Avoid jargon unless you know your readers are familiar with it.
Avoid idioms and slangs
Use the active voice whenever possible
Be careful with graphics
Be sure someone from the target culture reviews the document
Tone
Word Choice
Sentence structure and phrasing
Perspective
oWriter centered versus reader centered
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Business Writing Notes: 1/24
Understand the Process of Writing Correspondence
1. Choose the appropriate type of correspondence
2. In letters, memos, and email, state your purpose, use headings, summarize your
message, provide adequate background, organize the discussion, and highlight
action items.
3. In micro blogs, state your message or question clearly
4. Revise, edit, and proofread
Select the Appropriate Application
Letters are the most formal and most appropriate for communicating with people
outside your organization.
Memos are moderately formal and appropriate for people in your organization.
Email is best for quick, relatively informal communication
Microblog Posts (Twitter, Facebook) can be useful for informal questions or
statements addressed to a group.
5 Principles to Present Yourself Effectively
Use the appropriate level of formality
Communicate correctly
Project the “you attitude”
Avoid correspondence clichés
Communicate honestly
Most Letters Include 6 Elements (pg. 35)
Heading
Inside address – addressing the reader. (A person’s actual address)
Salutation (Dear John)
Body
Complimentary close
Signature
Some Letters Include Additional Elements:
Attention Line
Subject Line
Header for second and subsequent pages
Enclosure Line
Copy Line
2 Formats of Letters: (pg. 34 & 35 is full block)
Modified Block – date and complementary close and signature line are tabbed to
the right
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Document Summary
7 cultural variables that lie on the surface : political the laws that govern that culture, economic, social, religious, educational highly literate, or moderately literate. Look at their educational background: technological are they tech. savvy, linguistic language of that culture. Focus on individuals or groups (low context) Distance between business life and private life. Need for details to be spelled out. Define abbreviations and acronyms in a glossary. Avoid jargon unless you know your readers are familiar with it. Be sure someone from the target culture reviews the document. Perspective: writer centered versus reader centered. Understand the process of writing correspondence: choose the appropriate type of correspondence. In letters, memos, and email, state your purpose, use headings, summarize your message, provide adequate background, organize the discussion, and highlight action items. In micro blogs, state your message or question clearly. Letters are the most formal and most appropriate for communicating with people outside your organization.
