Interview Debriefing In groups of three, share and discuss your answers to each of the following questions.

Each member of the group should share his or her response to a question before moving on to the next question. What did you learn about the UCWbL that you did not know before? What surprised you? What are two ideas/tips/pieces of advice you learned from the interviews that you will apply to your work at the UCWbL, whether as a peer writing tutor, a team member, or an overall employee?

INVENTION

What is the purpose of the invention process? Hermeneutic:

Interpret or critique existing texts

Heuristic:
Generate new texts

The Rhetorical Relationship between Writer and Reader

Ethos/Author

Kairos/Context

Pathos/Audience

Logos/Text

Topoi

Definition Testimony Comparison Relationships Circumstances

Practice! Person A: Explain how definition can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of definition.

Practice! Person B: Explain how testimony can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of testimony.

Practice! Person A: Explain how comparison can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of comparison.

Practice! Person B: Explain how relationships can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of relationships.

Practice! Person A: Explain how circumstances can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of circumstances.

Stasis
Kind of Stasis
Conjectural Definitional Qualitative Translative

Kind of Question
Of Fact Of Definition Of Quality Of Jurisdiction

Practice! Person B: Explain how conjectural stasis can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of conjectural stasis.

Practice! Person A: Explain how definitional stasis can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of definitional stasis.

Practice! Person B: Explain how qualitative stasis can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of qualitative stasis.

Practice! Person A: Explain how translative stasis can be used for invention.

Provide 2 examples of translative stasis.

Adapted from Lauer, Janice M. Invention in Rhetoric and Composition. (West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press) 2004.

Speed Dating: Building a Relationship with Your UCWbL Philosophy

Step 1. Respond to the prompts on the front side of your UCWbL Philosophy Speed Dating sheet.

Step 2. Sit across from the person with the card of the same number. People on the Hearts side will move in between rounds. People with the Spades, stay put and keep the Invention Cards. Step 3. For each 4 minute round, each person will play the role of the sharer and the respondent. Heres how it works: --Blind draw one of the Invention Cards (each card can only be used once at a stationSpades keep track). --Sharer shares one element from the first page. --The Respondent then offers further questions and/or possible answers for further consideration based on the Invention Card Term.