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English 102 Quiz Chapter 9

Chapter 9 in the text discusses ways to stimulate your imagination and produce ideas and also obstacles which
get in the way of producing ideas which need to be overcome. Below are 7 suggestions for stimulating your
imagination and 3 obstacles which need to be overcome. Circle the number of each of the suggestions for
stimulating your imagination.

1. Force uncommon responses

2. Thinker’s block

3. Use free association

4. Use analogy

5. Look for unusual combinations

6. Vagueness and confusion

7. Visualize the solution

8. Construct pro and con arguments

9. Inflexibility

10. Construct relevant scenarios

Bonus Question: According to the story in the book, what was the original and effective way that the bill
collector used to motivate debtors to pay what they owed to the company that he worked for?

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