Students will learn and apply the first step in the writing process: invention. Invention includes prewriting strategies for generating topic ideas and gathering specific evidence.  The emphasis is on content creation, not arranging ideas, drafting formal writing, revising, or editing. This chapter stresses the idea of writing as a multi-step process, whether the student is engaged in personal, academic, or professional writing. 

Image: Et l'homme inventa la roue; et ce fut le début de sa fin... by Lou Gabian, courtesy of Flickr. CC-BY-NC-ND.

1. Adopt and employ a flexible, multi-step, and recursive writing process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading, while makine use of written and oral feedback.

2. Identify different rhetorical situations in order to respond with a clear purpose and with language appropriate for the intended audience and situation.

3. Write essays demonstrating effective use of evidence in support of assertions and use rhetorically appropriate strategies to evaluate, represent, and respond to the ideas and research of others. 

To achieve these objectives: 

1. Read the Module 3 Introduction 
2. Read Chapter 1 on Invention in Writing Rhetorically.
3. Complete the Your Turn activity that appears in this chapter.
4. Complete the final draft of your Narrative and Description paper.