{"id":400,"date":"2016-06-23T18:44:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T18:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=400"},"modified":"2016-10-06T20:20:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:20:16","slug":"outcome-topic-selection-2-1","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/chapter\/outcome-topic-selection-2-1\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: Topic Selection","rendered":"Outcome: Topic Selection"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Evaluate topic selection activities<\/h2>\r\n<blockquote>I have likened writing . . . to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture--which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along. \u00a0- Rose Tremain, novelist\u00a0and Chancellor of the University of East Anglia<\/blockquote>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-410 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/23184049\/3162790549_a91e42295c_z.jpg\" alt=\"A world map; countries noted by large typographic representations of their names\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>Metaphors are a powerful way to take ownership of any task you're given. Creating a personal metaphor will allow you to interpret the process in a way that makes sense to you, and to anticipate more clearly all the steps that will be necessary to complete the task.\r\n\r\nFor now, let's consider the metaphor that Ms. Tremain offers\u00a0us here: writing is a journey. Compare the process of receiving a writing assignment to receiving the opportunity to take a trip. Sure, one may sound like a lot more fun initially than the other, but it's not hard to see some interesting overlaps in the process involved to prepare for either one.\r\n\r\nWith either a new essay project or a new trip, the first task is to figure out a destination. You will have some limiting factors initially. The length of the finished essay; the length of time you'll be traveling. The amount of time before the essay is due; the amount of time before the trip begins. The number of resources required to consult; the number of stops you can make along your way.\r\n<h3>Your Own Writing Metaphor<\/h3>\r\nPerhaps this writing-as-travel metaphor makes sense to you.\u00a0Perhaps not. Are there other comparisons to the writing process that hold more personal value for you? Consider what parallels you see as you move through this module.\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\">What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>evaluate\u00a0strategies for personalizing an assigned topic<\/li>\r\n \t<li>evaluate strategies for finding a focus for an unassigned topic<\/li>\r\n \t<li>evaluate strategies for moving from general to specific<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/23183807\/Topic-1024x970.png\" alt=\"Graphic titled Topic. Bullet list: Assignment criteria, brainstorm, personal interest, selection, refinement. All text in a blue circle bordered by gray arrows.\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" \/><\/h3>","rendered":"<h2>Evaluate topic selection activities<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>I have likened writing . . . to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture&#8211;which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along. \u00a0&#8211; Rose Tremain, novelist\u00a0and Chancellor of the University of East Anglia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-410 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/23184049\/3162790549_a91e42295c_z.jpg\" alt=\"A world map; countries noted by large typographic representations of their names\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/>Metaphors are a powerful way to take ownership of any task you&#8217;re given. Creating a personal metaphor will allow you to interpret the process in a way that makes sense to you, and to anticipate more clearly all the steps that will be necessary to complete the task.<\/p>\n<p>For now, let&#8217;s consider the metaphor that Ms. Tremain offers\u00a0us here: writing is a journey. Compare the process of receiving a writing assignment to receiving the opportunity to take a trip. Sure, one may sound like a lot more fun initially than the other, but it&#8217;s not hard to see some interesting overlaps in the process involved to prepare for either one.<\/p>\n<p>With either a new essay project or a new trip, the first task is to figure out a destination. You will have some limiting factors initially. The length of the finished essay; the length of time you&#8217;ll be traveling. The amount of time before the essay is due; the amount of time before the trip begins. The number of resources required to consult; the number of stops you can make along your way.<\/p>\n<h3>Your Own Writing Metaphor<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps this writing-as-travel metaphor makes sense to you.\u00a0Perhaps not. Are there other comparisons to the writing process that hold more personal value for you? Consider what parallels you see as you move through this module.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\">What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>evaluate\u00a0strategies for personalizing an assigned topic<\/li>\n<li>evaluate strategies for finding a focus for an unassigned topic<\/li>\n<li>evaluate strategies for moving from general to specific<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-402\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/06\/23183807\/Topic-1024x970.png\" alt=\"Graphic titled Topic. Bullet list: Assignment criteria, brainstorm, personal interest, selection, refinement. All text in a blue circle bordered by gray arrows.\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" \/><\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Outcome: Topic Selection. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Image of Topic. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Kim Louie for Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of world. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Nuno Alexandre Moura Rodrigues. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/5Pu8rx\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/5Pu8rx<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":19,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of world\",\"author\":\"Nuno Alexandre Moura Rodrigues\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/5Pu8rx\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Outcome: Topic Selection\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Image of Topic\",\"author\":\"Kim Louie for Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-400","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1840,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1732,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/400\/revisions\/1732"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1840"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/400\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}