Invention (Prewriting)

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This presentation will help you with… Introduction Invention and invention strategies.

This presentation will help you with…

Introduction

Invention
and
invention strategies.

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2. Ask questions to explore your rhetorical situation: What is my

2. Ask questions
to explore your
rhetorical
situation:

What is my

purpose?
Who is my audience?
What genre am I using (academic, professional, personal)?
What sort of research
will I need to conduct?

Invention

1. Devise
a game plan:
schedule the writing
process.

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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
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Ask
critical
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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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
ES

Ask
critical
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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Critical Questions: classical topics Definition Dictionary definition of _____? What group

Critical Questions: classical topics

Definition

Dictionary definition of _____?
What group of

things does this _____ belong to?
How is the _____ different from other things?
What are some concrete examples of the _____?
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Critical Questions: classical topics Compare/ contrast What is _____ similar to?

Critical Questions: classical topics

Compare/
contrast

What is _____ similar to?
What is

_____ different from?
Is _____ most unlike (like) what?
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Critical Questions: classical topics Relationship What causes _____? What are the

Critical Questions: classical topics

Relationship

What causes _____?
What are the effects

of _____?
What is the purpose of _____?
What comes before (after) _____?
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Critical Questions: classical topics Testimony What have I heard people say

Critical Questions: classical topics

Testimony

What have I heard people say about

_____?
What are some facts and stats about _____?
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Critical Questions: classical topics Circumstances Is _____ possible/impossible? What makes _____

Critical Questions: classical topics

Circumstances

Is _____ possible/impossible?
What makes _____ possible/

impossible?
When did _____ happen?
What would it take for _____ to happen
again?
What would prevent _____ from happening?
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Critical Questions: stasis questions Fact Is there an issue? How did

Critical Questions: stasis 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: stasis questions Definition What exactly is the issue? What

Critical Questions: stasis questions

Definition

What exactly is the issue?
What is

it not?
What kind of an issue is it?
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Critical Questions: stasis questions Quality How serious is the issue? What

Critical Questions: stasis questions

Quality

How serious is the issue?
What are

the costs of the issue?
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Critical Questions: stasis questions Policy Who should address this issue? What

Critical Questions: stasis questions

Policy

Who should address this issue?
What should

we do about this issue?
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Critical Questions: Tagmemics Contrastive features How is _____ different from things

Critical Questions: Tagmemics

Contrastive features

How is _____ different from things similar

to it?
How has it been different for me?
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Critical Questions: Tagmemics Variation How much can _____ change and still

Critical Questions: Tagmemics

Variation

How much can _____ change and still be

itself?
How is _____ changing?
What are the different varieties of _____?
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Critical Questions: Tagmemics Distribution Where and when does _____ take place?

Critical Questions: Tagmemics

Distribution

Where and when does _____ take place?
What

is the larger thing of which _____ is a
part?
What is the function of _____ in this larger
thing?
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Critical Questions: Tagmemics Cubing Describe it (colors, shapes, etc.) Compare it

Critical Questions: Tagmemics

Cubing

Describe it (colors, shapes, etc.)
Compare it (what

is it similar to?)
Associate it (makes you think of?)
Analyze it (how is it made?)
Apply it (uses)
Argue for or against it
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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
ES

Ask
critical
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

Ask
critical
questions

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Freewrite & Brainstorm Freewriting Set a timer for five to ten

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: now you can finally look over your ideas.

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Freewrite & Brainstorm Brainstorming No stopping, no editing (similar to freewriting)

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: now you can finally look over your ideas.

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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
ES

Ask
critical
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

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

Modern
uses

Politics

Types

Academic

Professional

History

Ancient
Greece

What is the connection here?

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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
ES

Ask
critical
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

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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Keep a Journal (con’t.) Personal journal Write a short story where

Keep a Journal (con’t.)

Personal
journal

Write a short story where characters

face the same problem
you are exploring:
How do the characters deal with the situation?
Why do they react the way they do?
How does the story end, and how does it reflect how you want the real life situation to end?
What would you have to do to bring about this change?
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STRA TEG I ES Ask critical questions Freewrite & brainstorm Map

STRA
TEG
I
ES

Ask
critical
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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Purdue Writing Lab

Help

Writing lab: HEAV 226, Purdue University
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