Chapter Twenty: Written Communications

Question 1

adjective

Answer 1

a word added to (modifying) a noun to quantify or limit it

Question 2

adverb

Answer 2

a word added to (modifying) a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 3

annotating

Answer 3

the process of marking (e.g., incoming mail) to provide critical, important, or explanatory notes

Question 4

apostrophe

Answer 4

a punctuation mark showing the absence of a letter or letters or possession

Question 5

clause

Answer 5

part of a sentence with a subject and a predicate

Question 6

compose

Answer 6

write; to form by putting together, creating

Question 7

conjunction

Answer 7

(1) meeting; a word that connects (2) a situation in which two or more things happen at the same time or in the same place

Question 8

context

Answer 8

the part of a written or spoken statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and can clarify its meaning

Question 9

correspondence

Answer 9

written communication; communication by the exchange of letters

Question 10

domestic

Answer 10

not foreign; private

Question 11

ellipsis

Answer 11

a mark or series of marks used in writing or print to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words

Question 12

hyphen

Answer 12

a punctuation mark used to divide or create compound words

Question 13

interjection

Answer 13

used to express strong feeling or emotion. These words are usually followed by an exclamation point or a comma

Question 14

master

Answer 14

refers to a reference document used to compare other similar documents or values to, as in a master patient list, or an original document saved to a file that can be copied or modified as needed

Question 15

noun

Answer 15

the name of anything, such as a person, place, object, occurrence, or state.

Question 16

postscript

Answer 16

an addition to a letter written after the writer’s name has been signed

Question 17

preposition

Answer 17

a word that shows the relationship of an object to some other word in the sentence

Question 18

pronoun

Answer 18

a word used instead of a noun to indicate without naming

Question 19

proofread

Answer 19

reading of printer proofs to discover and correct errors

Question 20

punctuation

Answer 20

standardized marks in written matter to clarify meaning

Question 21

stationery

Answer 21

writing materials, especially paper and envelopes

Question 22

templates

Answer 22

an electronic file (or preprinted document) with a predesigned, customized format. Examples include fax cover sheets or patient information letters, ready to be filled in

Question 23

verb

Answer 23

the part of speech that expresses an action

Question 24

watermark

Answer 24

a mark imprinted on paper that is visible when it is held to the light, usually a sign of quality

Question 25

word processing

Answer 25

computer program (such as Microsoft Word) that contains numerous built-in templates