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Task
Try to tell your neighbour something interesting
about the subject of your expertise
Your question
Try to develop your question by following the
pattern presented previously:
Vague topic:
Still a topic:
Overarching question :
Focused question:
Generating Ideas
A useful question to ask before choosing a topic:
What do I know about the overarching topic, and
what else do I need to know?
Brainstorming
Freewriting
Listing
Asking the journalists questions (who, what,
where, when, why, why not, how)
cubing
An example: cubing
It involves looking at an idea/concept from
six different points of view
Task
Think of the topic of your dissertation and then
cube it by using the previous angles.