12. “A particular style or category of works
of (art); esp. a type of literary work
characterized by a particular form, style,
or purpose.”
Genre…
…essay?
15. Give students a restricted list of words and ask them to
use them in a short argument that seems to be the
opposite in feeling to the words you give them.
Process exercise for word choice, logic, and focus
16. Ask students to select a controversial Tweet. Ask them to explain
what is missing because of the limits on number of characters. Ask
students to add the parts that are missing, or ask them to create the
interview questions they would need to ask the Tweeter.
Process exercise for idea development and support/evidence
17. Ask students to do a voiceover text for their
paper drafts, as if they were in a movie,
explaining the movie’s content.
Revision exercise
18. Exquisite Corpse
“The phrase ‘exquisite corpse’
originated with a Surrealist
game of chance in which
sentences were jointly created
by a group of people, each
person unaware of the words
written by previous players.”
Logic & Unity
exercise
