Module 4 knowledge check

Module 4 Knowledge Check

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1. What should a writing prompt include?Purpose, audience, tone, constraints, and what must not be added.A role instruction and a request to be creative.The longest possible description of the situation.An example of the finished text you want copied.

2. Why compare the final draft against your original intent?The draft is usually shorter than intended.Comparison is required before sending any message.It confirms the tool followed the formatting request.AI edits can change meaning, promises, or emphasis.

3. Which four things should never be invented in a work message?Adjectives, adverbs, examples, and analogies.Sentence length, tone, structure, and format.Decisions, promises, names, and deadlines.Greetings, sign-offs, headings, and dates.

4. You ask for a shorter version and a hedged sentence becomes a firm claim. Why does this happen?Firm claims are easier to fit a word limit.Hedges are the longest way of saying something, so shortening removes them first.The tool prefers confident writing.Shortening always removes the last sentence of a paragraph.

5. What is tone review for?Checking the message fits the reader, the relationship, and the purpose.Making the message sound more professional.Removing informal words before sending.Matching the tone the tool used in earlier drafts.

6. For a message that carries your judgement, which order works better?Generate a draft, then edit it into your voice.Generate three drafts and combine the best parts.Ask for a draft in the style of your earlier messages.Write the first draft yourself, then ask for critique.

7. Why keep the brief, the draft, the review notes and the final version?It shows how long the task took.The draft may be needed if the final version is lost.The review notes are what you reuse; the draft alone teaches nothing.Policy requires all four to be retained.

8. A rewrite turns "we could review this next month" into "we will review this next month". What has changed?The sentence has been shortened.A suggestion has become a commitment someone will expect you to keep.Nothing material; the meaning is the same.The tone has become more formal.

9. Why ask for an outline before a draft on anything longer than a short message?An outline is cheap to restructure; a polished draft is not.Outlines are quicker for the tool to produce.A draft will always be too long.Outlines are easier to share with colleagues.

10. What is the most useful thing to record after revising a draft?How many words you removed.How long the revision took.Which tool produced the better version.Which of your edits should have been in the prompt.

What to review

Missed 1, 3 or 10: review Unit 0.
Missed 4 or 9: review Unit 1.
Missed 5: review Unit 2.
Missed 2 or 8: review Unit 4.
Missed 6 or 7: review Unit 5.