General Topics
Asking the question "Am I writing primarily to create a record, to request or provide information, or to persuade?" relates most to this important consideration in workplace communications.
What is purpose?
According to our text, the resume should be on this color paper.
What is white?
This is the best type of visual to present percentage distribution of parts within a whole.
What is a circle chart?
The top row of a table contains this feature.
What are column headings?
To present a list of items of relatively equal importance, we should use this feature.
What are bullets?
Our textbook recommends closing a letter with this word.
What is sincerely?
The most common type of resume for recent college graduates is this type of resume.
What is chronological?
The information about a visual should be discussed in the text just ___ the visual.
What is before?
This chart shows the steps through which work for a process must proceed in order to reach completion.
What is a flowchart?
This section of a progress report describes work completed, work remaining, and problems.
What is the middle section?
Terms such as "please," "you," and "thank you" give a professional document a ____ perspective.
What is reader-centered?
The most legible typeface includes a mixture of ___ and ___ letters.
A table's primary purpose is to portray statistics for easy ___.
What is comparison?
This chart shows a schedule or timeline of necessary activities from start to finish of a project.
What is a Gantt chart?
The progress report feature allows readers to skim a report for specific information without reading everything on the page.
What are headings?
According to our textbook, "if you wish," "perhaps," and "with your permission" are considered this kind of phrase.
What is a softening phrase?
The margin on this side of the page should be justified.
What is left?
The primary purpose of a line graph is to portray ___ over ___.
What are change and time?
A document that contains more than one visual requires a ___ and a ___ for each visual.
What are number and title?
This level of heading should be set in boldface caps and centered.
What is a major heading?
____ is a trait of prose written for a general audience. (4 options)
What is/are simple vocabulary / personal pronouns / short paragraphs / no complex statistics?
This is the maximum number of sentences that a paragraph should contain in most workplace writing.
What is 5 or 6?
This chart shows the chain of command within a business, along with relationships among various functional areas within the business.
What is an organizational chart?
A multibar graph usually requires this feature.
What is a key (or label)?
This level of heading is set in boldface print, flush with the left margin.
What is a secondary heading?