TED TalksBrainstorming and Researching

Topics & Keywords1. Identify TWO main keywords to describe

your topic.

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Topics & Keywords2. Generate lists of synonyms.

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Working Thesis3. List problems connected to your keywords.

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Working Thesis4. List your own ideas about your keywords.

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Working Thesis5. Merge your best "problems" with your best

"ideas."

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Research Questions6. Identify what may already be true about your

working thesis.

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Research Questions7. Identify additional keywords and subjects

you need to learn more about.

Research8. Visit the subject guide on the library website:

http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/. List the areas relevant to your working thesis.

Be Radical9. Rewrite your working thesis as an imperative

with exaggeration.

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Be More Radical10. Say it again.

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Draw It Out