1. CHAPTER 3
Ways of Inquiring

2. Opening Questions for Inquiry
Exploration
Explanation
Evaluation
Reflection

3. Exploration How do I feel about this? What do I think? Writer: honest
Audience: not much concern
Purpose: discover
Time: relatively time-consuming
Expertise: not necessarily
Genre: personal essays, journal writing, early drafts

4. Explanation Who? What is happening? How? Why?
Writer: reader to understand
Audience: major concern
Purpose: to inform & explain
Time: time consuming
Expertise: required
Genre: sense of understanding, argument, support/refute a claim

5. Evaluation What is my opinion? How would I judge this?
Writer: share presence/opinion
Audience: concern
Purpose: to prove
Time: depends on depth inquiry
Expertise: high level of knowledge
Genre: evaluating an argument, proposal, review

6. Reflection
What do I notice? What are the patterns? What does this remind me of?
Writer: about you/ or your thoughts
Audience: low concern
Purpose: to gain control/remember
Time: varies
Expertise: not important
Genre: journal writing, reflective letters, self-assessments