managing the main points generating main points: the bottom-up approach class_6
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MANAGING THE MAIN POINTS
Generating Main Points:
The Bottom-Up Approach
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3 methods to stimulate thinking
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Talking
Focused dialogue in small groups is usually best for this
technique.
Great way to clarify what you already know and dont know
about a topic.
And you can build on the ideas of others, discover what you
think & evaluate your own reasoning.
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Talk the talk, and walk the talk.
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Still talking
Its important that you take notes since what is significant toone person may not to another; and you never know what
youll need for your essay.
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Free Writing
Free Writing is talking written down.
And business communication is talking written down in a clear
and orderly fashion. This never goes out of fashion. Never.
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Brainstorming
(youve done this before)
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What else?
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Generating Main Points: Top Down Approach
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The 12 questions to answer:
Answer these questions to generate ideas:
1. How is your subject made or done?
2. How does your subject work?
3. What are the main kinds of your subject?4. What are the componentparts of your subject?
5. What are the significantfeatures, characteristics, orfunctions
of your subject?
6. What are the causes of your subject?7. What are the effects or consequences of your subject?
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The 12 questions to answer cont:
8. What are the similarities and/or differences between your
subject and X?
9. What are the main advantages/disadvantages of your
subject?
10. What are the reasons infavor of/againstyour subject?
11. What does your subject look, feel, sound, smell, and/or taste
like?
12. How did your subject happen?13. This is the theory. Lets test it.
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Generating Main Points: Top Down Approach
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Generating Main Points: Top Down Approach
Subject:
Law enforcement officers
Selected Question:
What are the main functions of law enforcement officers? Main Points:
Preventing crime
Apprehending criminals
Enforcing the law
Acting as role models
Helping those in need
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Another Example:
Subject:
Job interviews
Selected Question:
How do you make a negative impression in a job interview? Main Points:
Be inappropriately dressed.
Be ignorant about the company.
Complain about former employers.
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Testing Your Main Points
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Testing Your Main Points
Main points must be significant, distinct & relevant.
Reasons for attending college:
1. to learn career skills2. to improve your general knowledge of the world
3. to enjoy the social life
4. to participate in student government
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Testing Your Main Points
Are your main points distinct?
Advantages of cycling:
1. improves fitness2. stimulates enjoyment of surroundings
3. keeps one in shape
4. doesnt damage the environment
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Testing Your Main Points
Are your main points relevant?
Why buy all-season tires?
1. better control on turns
2. increased traction in loose snow
3. added expense
4. decreased stopping distance
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Organizing Your Main Points
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Organizing Your Main Points
There are 4 ways to order your main thoughts:
1. CHRONOLOGICAL
2. CLIMACTIC
3. LOGICAL
4. RANDOM
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Organizing Your Main Points
1. CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Example: the evolution of a relationship
1. first meeting
2. attraction
3. discovery
4. intimacy
5. disillusionment
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Organizing Your Main Points
2. CLIMACTIC
Example: Advantages of a postsecondary education
1. development of skills & knowledge
2. friendships & contacts with compatible people
3. potential for higher income
4. discovery of ones own potential
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Organizing Your Main Points
3. LOGICAL
Example: the main causes of youth crime
1. lack of opportunity for work
2. lack of recreational facilities
3. boredom
4. craving for excitement
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Organizing Your Main Points
4. RANDOM
Example: the garbage disposal crisis
1. disposal sites are hard to find
2. cartage costs are high
3. new technologies are not yet fully developed
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Huh?
So youve learned how to identify main points
How to test them for suitability
How to arrange them in the best order