{"id":518,"date":"2022-03-21T05:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T09:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&p=518"},"modified":"2022-06-28T22:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:11:01","slug":"asking-questions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/asking-questions\/","title":{"raw":"Asking Questions","rendered":"Asking Questions"},"content":{"raw":"\"Four<\/a>To stimulate ideas, you can ask questions that help you generate content. Use some of the examples below or come up with your own.\r\n\r\nProblem\/Solution:<\/strong> What is the problem that your writing is trying to solve? Who or what is part of the problem? What solutions have you discovered in your research? What are some limitations or obstacles in the way of each solution?\r\n\r\nCause\/Effect:<\/strong> What is the reason behind your topic? Why is it an issue? Conversely, what is the effect of your topic? Who will be affected by it?\r\n\r\nThe set of journalist\u2019s questions is probably the most familiar for writers. Using the journalist\u2019s questions, sometimes called the five W\u2019s, is an effective way to write about the basic information about your topic. Watch and listen to the video below to see examples of the five W questions.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[video width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" mp4=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/03\/Five-Ws-1.mp4\"][\/video]\r\n

Adaptations<\/h1>\r\nThis section has been adapted from Strategies for Getting Started<\/a> in The Word on College Reading and Writing<\/a> by Carol Burnell, Jaime Wood, Monique Babin, Susan Pesznecker, and Nicole Rosevear, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.","rendered":"

\"Four<\/a>To stimulate ideas, you can ask questions that help you generate content. Use some of the examples below or come up with your own.<\/p>\n

Problem\/Solution:<\/strong> What is the problem that your writing is trying to solve? Who or what is part of the problem? What solutions have you discovered in your research? What are some limitations or obstacles in the way of each solution?<\/p>\n

Cause\/Effect:<\/strong> What is the reason behind your topic? Why is it an issue? Conversely, what is the effect of your topic? Who will be affected by it?<\/p>\n

The set of journalist\u2019s questions is probably the most familiar for writers. Using the journalist\u2019s questions, sometimes called the five W\u2019s, is an effective way to write about the basic information about your topic. Watch and listen to the video below to see examples of the five W questions.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1608\/2022\/03\/Five-Ws-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Adaptations<\/h1>\n

This section has been adapted from Strategies for Getting Started<\/a> in The Word on College Reading and Writing<\/a> by Carol Burnell, Jaime Wood, Monique Babin, Susan Pesznecker, and Nicole Rosevear, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License<\/a>, except where otherwise noted.<\/p>\n

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