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Written Communication Practices

Terms in this set (16)

Audience
a group of people watching or listening to a performance or reading a published work
Deductive Reasoning
to reason from general information to particular information (or from cause to effect)
Direct Question
a sentence which asks a question that requires an answer from the message receiver
Editor's Marks
are abbreviations or symbols used to correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors
Em Dash
longer than an en dash and hyphen; is used to set off an element added to emphasize or wander from the main clause; requires a space before and after the dash
Emoticons
sideways facial glyphs used in e-mail to indicate an emotion or attitude, such as humor
En Dash
longer than a hyphen and shorter than an em dash; can be used instead of a bullet point in lists
Hierarchically
to arrange the information through a hierarchy; a series in which each element is graded or ranked
Hyphen
shorter that a dash; is used to join words together and when reporting scores
Independent Clause
a clause in a sentence which can stand alone as a complete sentence and make sense
Indirect Question
a sentence which reports a question not directed to one person in particular
Inductive Reasoning
to reason from detailed facts to general principles
Nonessential Clause
a phrase which can be left out of a sentence would still make sense; usually elaborate or provide more detail but is not necessary to the sentence
Priority Sequence
an arrangement of events or things from the most important or significant to the least important or significant
Sequentially
a serial arrangement in which things follow a logical order or a recurrent pattern
Written Communication
the inscription of information
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