The Body of a Routine Message That Requests Information or Action

question 28

Multiple Choice

The body of a routine message that requests information or action should ________.

• A)present details that explain your request
• B)request action from the reader
• C)give any deadline dates
• D)reveal for the first time why you are writing

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Definitions:

Hegel

A German philosopher of the late Enlightenment period, known for his dialectical method and the concept of the absolute spirit.

Ontological Argument

An argument for the existence of God based on the premise that God, being defined as the greatest possible being, must exist in reality because existence would make God greater.

Anselm

A medieval theologian and philosopher known for his argument for the existence of God through the concept of "that than which nothing greater can be thought."

Transcendence

In the philosophy of existentialist Jean Paul Sartre, the concept that we can always transcend, or go beyond, the facts that are true of us, or what Sartre called our facticity. Transcendence means that the self is defined not by the facts about us but by what we make—and continue to make—of these facts.