Communication Model and Grammar Review
Memos and Editing for Readable Style
Interviews and Collaborative Projects
Major Project
100
These people need the facts and figures explained in the simplest terms.
What is a layperson?
100
This kind of expression says the same thing twice.
What is a redundant expression?
100
You conducted this type of interview for your final project to locate/find information not available on the Internet or in books.
What is an informational interview?
100
The oral presentation for your final project should be this long. (time in minutes)
What is 10-12 minutes?
200
Nouns manufactured from verbs are known as this.
What are nominalizations?
200
This type of memo invites readers to participate, but leaves the choice to the reader.
What is a relationship connection memo?
200
There are several task roles involved in a collaborative project. This task role proposes and defines tasks.
What are initiators?
200
The final company report and presentation are worth this percentage of your final grade.
What is 30%?
300
As a technical writer you need to evaluate the audience and the __________.
What is the purpose? OR What is the intention?
300
Readers can grasp some meanings by understanding clearly what the term does not mean. This is know as what?
What is negation?
300
There are three ways to manage group conflict. They are: 1. Avoidance 2. The power resolution, and 3. ____________.
What is the collaborative resolution?
300
The appendix section of your final project must have this included in it.
What are the interview questions and answers?
400
Informed persons are at this level of technicality.
What is semi-technical?
400
This type of definition explains the term in a word or phrase, often as a synonym in parentheses.
What is a parenthetical definition?
400
This task role draws together ideas, facts, and opinions.
What are summarizers?
400
The final report must be in this format.
What is memo report format?
500
Choosing the right words, sentence patterns, and message structures to suit the sender’s purpose and the reader’s interests and needs is known as this.
What is encoding?
500
This type of definition can include parenthetical and sentence definitions, but it provides greater detail for readers that need it.
What is an expanded definition?
500
Just as there are task roles in collaborative projects, there are maintenance roles. This maintenance role draws quiet group members into the discussion.
What are gatekeepers?
500
Your references page must be in this format.
What is APA?