When adapting your message to your audience, which of the following can be seen as trivializing an important issue?

A) Being overly informal
B) Using an indirect approach
C) Being overly formal
D) Using a direct approach
E) The use of slang and jargon


Answer: A
Explanation: A) If you know your readers reasonably well and your report is likely to meet with their approval, you can generally adopt an informal tone. To make your tone less formal, speak to readers in the first person, refer to them as you, and refer to yourself as I (or we if there are multiple report authors).

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