Invention
Transcript of Invention
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The Writing Process:
Invention
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
• Classical topics
• Stasis questions
• Tagmemics
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
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Critical Questions
Compare/
contrast
• What is _____ similar to?• What is _____ different
from?
• Is _____ most unlike
(like) what?
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Critical Questions
Relationship
• What causes _____?
• What are the effects of
_____?
• What is the purpose of
_____?
• What comes before (after)
_____?
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Critical Questions
Fact
• Is there an issue?
• How did it begin and what are
its causes?
• What changed to create the
issue?
• Who is involved?
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Critical Questions
Definition
• What exactly is the
issue?
• What is it not?
• What kind of an
issue is it?
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
• Classic topics• Stasis questions• Tagmemics
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
Askcritical
questions
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Freewrite & Brainstorm
Freewriting
• Set a timer for five to ten
minutes
• Look at the topic and think
about it briefly
• Now ready? Set? Write!
• Don't stop! Don’t edit!• Keep your fingers typing or your pen
moving for your time limit
Time is up: no
w
you can finall
y
look over your
ideas.
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Freewrite & Brainstorm
Brainstorming
• No stopping, no editing (similar to
freewriting)
• Note key words or short phrases in
list form under
your subject (instead of free-
flowing paragraph)
• Look at the topic and think about it
• Now ready? Set? Write!
• Keep your list going for your time
limit.
Time is up: no
w
you can finall
y
look over your
ideas.
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
• Classic topics• Stasis questions• Tagmemics
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
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Map & Cluster
• Rather than writing a free- flowing paragraph or list of concepts, start with a central word
• As related concepts pop in your head, indicate them as branches, arrows, bubbles, etc.
• You may have an “ah ha!” moment
Rhetoric
Persuasion Communication
Modernuses
Politics
Types
AcademicProfessional
History
AncientGreece
What is the connection here?
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
• Classic topics• Stasis questions• Tagmemics
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
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Keep a Journal
Personal
journal
• Write personal explorations and
reflections on ideas
• Ask some of these questions:• Why is this important to me?• How does it relate to me?• How do I feel about it?• Do I feel good/bad/indifferent about it? Why?
• How does this affect me daily?• How might my connection to this change in the future?
• How did I feel about this in the past?
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STRATEGIES
Askcritical
questions
Freewrite&brainstorm
Map &cluster
Keep a journal
Record ideas without
revising or proofreading
Write personal
explorations or reflections
on ideas
• Classical topics
• Stasis questions
• Tagmemics
Invent & organize ideas visually to explore relationships & processes
Invention Strategies
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The End