Business Writing Should Be Purposeful

question 45

Multiple Choice

Business writing should be purposeful. In this context purposeful can best be defined as

• A)presenting ideas clearly and concisely.
• B)concentrating on the receiver's perspective instead of your own.
• C)solving problems and conveying information.
• D)getting your audience to believe and accept your message.

---

Definitions:

Systematic Judgments

Decisions or evaluations made based on a thorough analysis and following a specific method or protocol.

Confirmation Bias

A bias towards identifying, comprehending, selecting, and reminiscing information that supports and validates one's existing beliefs or assumptions.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true.

Cognitive Functionality

The intellectual processes by which an individual understands, reasons, thinks, and remembers information.