Inductive ThinkingInductive Thinking

--Specific to --Specific to abstractabstract

--Concrete to --Concrete to generalgeneral

►Making MeaningMaking Meaning

Effective writing is a Effective writing is a dialogue between dialogue between

specifics and specifics and abstractionsabstractions

►311: Number of border patrol agents 311: Number of border patrol agents stationed along the 3987-mile border stationed along the 3987-mile border between the United States and Canada.between the United States and Canada.

►7761: Number of border patrol agents 7761: Number of border patrol agents along the 1933-mile border between the along the 1933-mile border between the United States and Mexico.United States and Mexico.

►$42.4 billion: Estimated amount that will $42.4 billion: Estimated amount that will be spent on weddings this year, with an be spent on weddings this year, with an average cost of $18,784 per wedding.average cost of $18,784 per wedding.

►$19.1 billion: Estimated amount that will $19.1 billion: Estimated amount that will be spent on wedding gifts, with an average be spent on wedding gifts, with an average amount of $85 per gift.amount of $85 per gift.

What to GatherWhat to Gather

►AnecdotesAnecdotes: Illustrative narratives: Illustrative narratives►SpeechSpeech: Specific voice as in quotes or : Specific voice as in quotes or

dialoguedialogue►Descriptive detailDescriptive detail: Show not tell: Show not tell►FactsFacts: Math/science-based data: Math/science-based data

Ways to GatherWays to Gather

►Memory Memory ►BrainstormingBrainstorming►ObservationObservation►ExperienceExperience►InterviewInterview►Recorded sourcesRecorded sources

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit •Explicit

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit •Explicit

Suggestive

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit •Explicit

Suggestive Informative

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit •Explicit

Suggestive Informative Critical

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit•First-Person•Impressionistic•Fiction

•Explicit•Third-Person•Evaluative•Critiques

Suggestive Informative Critical

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit•First-Person•Impressionistic•Fiction

•Explicit•Third-Person•Evaluative•Critiques

Suggestive Informative Critical

•Reportorial•Media

Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

•Implicit•First-Person•Impressionistic•Fiction

•Explicit•Third-Person•Evaluative•Critiques

Suggestive Informative Critical

•Reportorial•Media

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Reading/Writing ContinuumReading/Writing Continuum

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•Explicit•Third-Person•Evaluative•Critiques

Suggestive Informative Critical

•Reportorial•Media

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Background on the workof fiction

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GatheringGathering

►BrainstormingBrainstorming►ObservationObservation►ExperienceExperience►InterviewInterview►Recorded SourcesRecorded Sources