Business Communication and Report Writing

Quiz#1
1.The kinds of instructions for a purely ____________assignment include: 'identify',
'report', 'record', 'summarize' and 'define’.
(1/1 Point)
persuasive
analytical
descriptive

2. Persuasive writing requires you to have ____________ point of view on an issue or

topic.
(1/1 Point)
your own
others’
professional

3.Persuasive writing has all the features of _______________ writing with the
addition of your own point of view.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
persuasive

4.The main differences between business writing and academic writing relate to
_________.

(1/1 Point)
coherence
writing style
sentence types

5.The kinds of instructions for an _____________ assignment include: 'analyze',

'compare', 'contrast', 'relate', and 'examine ‘.
(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
persuasive

6.Critical writing is ______________ for research, postgraduate and advanced

undergraduate writing.

(1/1 Point)
common
specific
irrelevant

7.______________writing includes descriptive writing, but also requires you to re-

organize the facts and information you describe into categories, groups, parts,
types or relationships.

(1/1 Point)
Descriptive
Analytical
Persuasive

8.Critical writing has all the features of ______________, with the added feature of at
least one other point of view.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
persuasive

9. Critical
writing requires you to consider at least two points of view,
___________your own.

(1/1 Point)
excluding
including
 or

10. ____________ writing includes documents created for a professional purpose.

(1/1 Point)
Business
Academic
Critical

11.The simplest type of academic writing is ________.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
persuasive

12.The __________ of an academic writing—the argument or research question—is

established early by the thesis statement.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
focus
conclusion

13.The writing assignments that students are required to complete in school are
____________ in nature.

(1/1 Point)
academic
professional
practical

14.A summary of an article and a report of the results of an experiment are

examples of _____________ writing.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
 critical

15. The kinds of instructions for _____________writing include: 'critique', 'debate',

'disagree' and 'evaluate'.

(1/1 Point)
descriptive
analytical
critical