Brainstorming

- an informal way of generating topics to write about
- is an individual or group activity
- using this technique, efforts are made to make a solution to a particular problem
- ideas are gathered and listed from the input of every member

Brainstorming

Methods in Brainstorming

Idea list, Idea map, Free Writing, Cubing, Researching

- simply involves listing ideas about a particular topic
- helps find the main idea and supporting details
- is appropriate to textual people, or those who are more comfortable in processing words more than visuals
- simply requires you to write the main topic and then write down all related concepts below it

Idea list

- also called webbing or clustering
- is a visual representation of ideas and their connections with one another
- more structured, is able to show how one idea subordinates another idea

Idea map

- set a time limit and number of words or pages. Just write. Do not edit yourself
- allows someone to work without restrictions
- turn off the editor in you and allow the writer in you free rein

Free Writing

- You describe the topic (what is it?)
- Compare and contrast it (what is it like or unlike?)
- What do you associate it with(what does it remind you of?)
- Analyze it (what are its parts?)
- Apply it (in what ways can it be utilized)
- Argue for or against it (in what ways can you support or oppose it)?

Cubing

- go to the library or check out websites on the internet. Make a list or map of the new ideas
- is appropriate to textual people, or those who are more comfortable in processing words more than visuals
- simply requires you to write the main topic and then write down all related concepts below it

Researching