Career Wheel
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Cubing is a brainstorming strategy outlined in the book, Writing, by Gregory Cowan and Elizabeth Cowan (New York: Wiley, 1980). With cubing, like wh other brainstorming methods, you start with one topic, challenge or issue. Then, you apply six points of view (like the six sides of a cube) to the issue.
BRAINSTORM
ELEMENTS
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Analyze it
Break the subject into parts. Tell how it is made.
Compare it
What is it similar to? What is it different from?
Apply it
Describe the subject's uses.
Argue For
or Against It
Use any reasoning to argue for or against the subject.
Associate it
What does the subject make you think of?
Describe it
Examine the subject closely and describe what you see.