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Think Questions

Think, then Ask

Writers often draw or attract the attention of reader by posing interesting questions which they then seek to explain in their writing content. But then how about the readers? Could they also pose questions for themselves or other readers so that they make the reading experience a little more active?

So when you're reading, you might like come up with interesting questions that will lead readers to those articles. Here are some attempts of mine:

Article 1: Does drinking water make you slimmer? Even when you maintain food intake?

Article 2: Is spying on your spouse going to keep him/her faithful?

Article 3: Are corporate giants necessarily clumsy innovators?

This activity helps you identify key interesting elements of an article that you think is worth highlighting and then forces you to come up with a means to attract people's attention to it. In this case, you can only use a question out of your toolkit (which might include graphics, data charts, a different font colour or font size). A question draws attention through it's interaction with mental processes and thinking rather than through visual content and so is much more difficult at times.

The question trains you to draw your attention towards interesting areas of a topic you might not exactly be particularly interested in and then, you may see it in a different light.