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Thought prompts for generating conversations

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Thought prompts for generating conversations

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1.  Find a territory, and sometimes a part of this territory, or an issue or idea within it: my topic.

2. Review and collect relevant examples, ideas, information, and stories that could perhaps go into an essay on that topic.

3. Ask myself, “What do I really, really want to say about this topic?”

4. Reach for the exact words and say the idea as a sentence.  Think, “Is this the general idea I actually want to explore?”  And if not, try another.

5. Center on an idea, then try saying it again, a bit differently.  Do this a bunch of times until it feels just right and exactly true.

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What people need to know is that . . .

Many people (don’t know, don’t realize, don’t think) but I’ve

Sometimes in life. . .

I have found . . .

Sometimes people ask . . . Well, I have found  . . . .

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You can use these sentence stems to begin your essay!

I realize that  . . .

This makes me think .

I realize that when I . . . , I feel . . .

Other people should care about this because . . .

This is important because . . .

(My thesis statement) is true.  Because this is true, isn’t it also true that . . .

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-In other words . . .

-That is . . .

-The important thing about this is . . .

-As I say this, I’m realizing

-This is giving me the idea that  . . .

-An example of this is . . .

-This shows . . .

-Another example of this is . . .

-This connects to . . .

- I see . . .

-The thought I have about this is . . .

-To add on . . .

- I used to think that . . . but now I think that . . .

-What surprises me about this is . . .

-Many people think . . . but I think . . .