Types of Documents
An electronic message sent over the internet.
An email
Something, typically money, awarded to someone as a payment for work, loss, injury, or suffering.
Words that have a similar or same meaning
Synonyms
Where is the main idea often found?
In the title, first or last sentence of the introductory paragraph
A letter sent within a workplace.
A memo
What does it mean to implement?
To put into practice, to use
Words that have opposite meaning
Antonyms
This shows the author's beliefs, values, or guidelines that shape the document's content.
Principles
A piece of writing that explains rules or guidelines for a situation.
A Policy
Define confidentiality
Trusting others with personal and/or private information.
A way of abbreviating a phrase.
Acronym
Why would you summarize the text into one sentence?
As a strategy to find the main idea!
This tells you what to do or how to do something.
Instructions (or directions)
What does it mean to micromanage?
Documents with complex subject matter often use highly ______________
Technical terms, specialized vocabulary, content specific vocab (jargon)
What does it mean to draw a conclusion?
Making decisions based on what you already know and can infer about a situation.
Documents that are designed to be written clearly so that people can consult them and make the correct legal decisions.
Legal Document
Define liable.
responsible by law, legally answerable
Comes at the beginning of a word.
Prefix
Solve the following acronyms: EOD, ETA, PR, TBD
End Of Day, Estimated Time of Arrival, Public Relations, To Be Determined