Elaboration Techniques

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by showing how one thing is similar to another.

…or, by showing how one thing is the opposite of another.

• It Just Makes Sense

• The Good and the Bad

• Big Deal

• Like/Unlike

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by helping your reader create a mental picture.

• What Happened Next?

• Just Imagine

• It Just Makes Sense

• Big Deal

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by providing a definition or example.

• Like/Unlike

• What Does That Mean?

• What Happened Next?

• Just Imagine

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by explaining why this is logical or reasonable.

• It Just Makes Sense

• What Happened Next?

• Big Deal

• The Good and the Bad

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by explaining the big deal; why is it significant or important?

• The Good and The Bad

• What Happened Next?

• What Does This Mean?

• Big Deal

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by explaining the positive outcomes but also showing drawbacks.

• What Does That Mean?

• Like/Unlike

• The Good and The Bad

• Big Deal

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by using a story or anecdote to illustrate your point.

• A) Story Time

• B) Just Imagine

• C) What Happened Next?

• D) The Good and the Bad

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by comparing and contrasting two ideas.

• A) Like/Unlike

• B) What Does That Mean?

• C) Big Deal

• D) It Just Makes Sense

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by using statistics or data.

• A) By the Numbers

• B) Just Imagine

• C) The Good and the Bad

• D) What Happened Next?

This technique allows you to elaborate on, or develop, your point by asking a rhetorical question.

• A) What Does That Mean?

• B) Just Imagine

• C) The Good and the Bad

• D) What Happened Next?