Classical Invention

Definition

1. How does the dictionary define _____?
2. What earlier words did _____ come from?
3. What do I mean by _____?
4. What group of things does _____ seem to belong to? How is _____ different from other things in this group?
5. What parts can _____ be divided into?
6. Does _____ mean something now that it didn't years ago?
7. What other words mean approximately the same as _____?
8. What are some concrete examples of _____?
9. When is the meaning of _____ misunderstood?

Comparison

1. What is _____ similar to? I what ways?
2. What is _____ different from? In what ways?
3. _____ is superior to what? In what ways?
4. _____ is inferior to what? In what ways?
5. _____ is most unlike what? (What is it opposite to?) In what ways?
6. _____ is most like what? In what ways?

Relationship

1. What causes _____?
2. What are the effects of _____?
3. What is the purpose of _____?
4. Why does _____ happen?
5. What is the consequence of _____?
6. What comes before _____?
7. What comes after _____?

Testimony

1. What have I heard people say about _____?
2. Do I know any facts or statistics about _____?
3. Have I talked with anyone about _____?
4. Do I know any famous or well-known saying (e.g. "The cowardly hyaena lives long") about _____?
5. Can I quote any proverbs or any poems about _____?
6. Are there any laws about _____?
7. Do I remember any songs about _____? Do I remember anything I've read about _____ in books or magazines? Any things I've seen in a movie or on television?
8. Do I want to do any research on _____?

Circumstance

1. Is _____ possible of impossible?
2. What qualities, conditions or circumstances make _____ possible or impossible?
3. Supposing that _____ is possible, is it also feasible? Why?
4. When did _____ happen previously?
5. Who has done or experienced _____?
6. Who can do ______?
7. If _____ starts, what makes it end?
8. What would it take for _____ to happen?
9. What would prevent _____ from happening?