Reading and Writing Answers

Well organized business writing uses short sentences and paragraphs.

Comprehension and speed are the two most important traits in reading for business.

When it is necessary to inform a customer about a delay in their order, the proper communication format should be a ______.

Privacy concerns dictate that _______.

Written communication involves the exchange of information between a sender and a ______.

It is better to read ______.

Parallelism makes it harder for a reader to follow the writer’s train of thought.

In e-mails, it is okay to send messages that are _____.

In business writing, the main idea of a written work should be located _____.

Once a person enters the workforce, they do not have to read much.

The purpose of a memo is to _____.

Written communication involves the exchange of information between a sender and a ______.

It is important to keep the same tense in your business writing, because otherwise your readers may ______.

The first thing you must consider in any type of communication is ______.