Invention Strategies

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Interview Debriefing

In groups of three, share and discuss your answers

to each of the following questions. Each member ofthe group should share his or her response to a

question before moving on to the next question.

What did you learn about the UCWbL that you did

not know before? What surprised you?

What are two ideas/tips/pieces of advice you

learned from the interviews that you will apply to

your work at the UCWbL, whether as a peer writing

tutor, a team member, or an overall employee?


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INVENTION


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What is the purpose of the invention

process?

Hermeneutic:

Interpret or critique existing texts

Heuristic:

Generate new texts


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The Rhetorical Relationship between

Writer and Reader

Ethos/Author

Kairos/Context

Pathos/Audience Logos/Text


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Topoi

DefinitionTestimony

ComparisonRelationships

Circumstances


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Practice!

Person A:

Explain how definition can be

used for invention.

Provide 2 examples ofdefinition.


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Practice!

Person B:

Explain how testimony can be

used for invention.

Provide 2 examples oftestimony.


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Practice!

Person B:

Explain how relationships can

be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples ofrelationships.


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Practice!

Person A:

Explain how circumstances can

be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples ofcircumstances.


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Stasis

Kind of Stasis Kind of QuestionConjectural Of Fact

Definitional Of Definition

Qualitative Of Quality

Translative Of Jurisdiction


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Practice!

Person B:

Explain how conjectural stasis

can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples ofconjectural stasis.


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Practice!

Person A:

Explain how definitional stasis


Provide 2 examples ofdefinitional stasis.


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Practice!

Person B:

Explain how qualitative stasis


Provide 2 examples of qualitativestasis.


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Adapted from

Lauer, Janice M. Invention in Rhetoric and Composition.(West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press) 2004.


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Step 1. Respond to the prompts on the front

side of your UCWbL Philosophy Speed Datingsheet.

Speed Dating: Building a Relationship withYour UCWbL Philosophy


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Step 2. Sit across from the person with the card of the same

number. People on the Hearts side will move in between

rounds. People with the Spades, stay put and keep the

Invention Cards.

Step 3. For each 4 minute round, each person will play the

role of the sharer and the respondent. Heres how it works:

--Blind draw one of the Invention Cards (each card can only

be used once at a stationSpades keep track).

--Sharer shares one element from the first page.

--The Respondent then offers further questions and/or

possible answers for further consideration based on theInvention Card Term.

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