Deck 10: The Walt Disney Company: Eisners Mouse Trap

Question 1

The prewriting stage of the writing process is divided into three sections.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The vast majority of cases are settled.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

When writing, it is important not to try to make the first draft the final draft.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

An outline is of greatest value in the writing stage of the legal writing process.

Question 5

Correspondence is one of the types of legal writing that requires the use of a writing process.

Question 6

The writing process begins with an identification of the type and purpose of the assignment.

Question 7

Legal writing should be crafted in the same manner, whether it is intended for internal or external use.

Question 8

When you begin writing an assignment, it is important to write in the sequence of the outline.

Question 9

Revision focuses on technical issues such as grammar phrasing.

Question 10

Part of the prewriting stage requires identification of the audience.

Question 11

The first section of the prewriting process is preliminary research.

Question 12

The basic organizational format for most legal writing is the IRAC format.

Question 13

The legal writing process is composed of four stages.

Question 14

One of the general research suggestions mentioned in the book is to prepare an expanded outline.

Question 15

One of the reasons writing skills are important is because an individual possessing such skills can produce a finished product in a shorter time than one who does not possess such skills.

Question 16

When the assignment involves several legal issues, do not attempt to research more than one issue at a time.

Question 17

It is of primary importance to convey the results of legal research in as few words as possible.

Question 18

Most courts do not have rules governing the format for documents submitted to the court.

Question 19

Editing focuses on whether the writing is complete.

Question 20

The use of an expanded outline results in the preparation of a rough draft while research is being conducted.