APA Documentation
Business Memos
Business Reports and Business Plans
Writing 394 Hodge Podge
Best Sources
100
This is the title of the page where you list your sources.
What is the References page?
100
This is the paragraph where you place your purpose statement.
What is the introduction paragraph?
100
This is the first part of a report or business plan. It provides a quick summary of what the plan or report contains.
What is the Executive Summary?
100
This is the term used to describe the method of communication, whether it be an email, memo, or letter.
What is the channel?
100
This is a popular web-based source that you should not include in a writing assignment because it is a tertiary source and shows a lack of research depth.
What is Wikipedia?
200
This is the name of the type of in-text citation you use for APA. Hint: its root is a punctuation mark.
What is a parenthetical citation?
200
This is the tone you should adopt when writing a business memo. Note: you need two words.
What is direct and impersonal?
200
This is the section in your business report where you list items that you think should be actionable by the organization.
What is the Recommendations section?
200
This is the sentence (number) in a cover letter for a resume where you state that you are applying for a particular position.
What is the first sentence?
200
This means that a source is evaluated by experts in same academic field as the subject of the article.
What does peer-review mean?
300
This is the name of the indention you use in your References list.
What is the hanging indent?
300
This is the paragraph where you request feedback or action from the addressee.
What is the conclusion paragraph?
300
This is the section of a Business Plan where you would state what the money-earning goals are for the company's future.
What is the Financial Projection section?
300
This is what you put in a resume when you are a student who is currently enrolled in a particular degree program where you know the date you will finish your degree requirements.
What is "expected graduation date"?
300
This is a document where you provide notes about each source you found.
What is an annotated bibliography?
400
This is the phrase you use to introduce a source before a direct quotation.
What is a signal phrase?
400
This is the part of the heading where you describe what kind of information the memo contains.
What is the Subject line?
400
This is the section of a business report where you would provide details or further elaboration for what your research says about the problem or opportunity you are discussing.
What is the Findings (or Discussion) section?
400
This is the kind of fish Green Wave Landscaping killed (SWA#3).
What are koi fish?
400
This is what you place in a parenthetical citation if the article lists no date of publication.
What is n.d.?
500
This is what the abbreviation et al. stands for.
What is et alia?
500
This is the paragraph where you provide details about the subject of your memo.
What is the body paragraph?
500
This is the section of your report or business plan where you add information that does not belong in the body of your document but you think may be useful, important, or relevant to readers.
What is the Appendix?
500
This is the full name of the disgruntled client you wrote an apology letter to.
What is Henry Stewart?
500
This is the title of UMUCs default academic search engine.
What is OneSearch