Two Elements Of Genre Analysis

I approached my genre writing based on Writing in the Health Sciences guidelines for research papers. Since my chosen paper was a research paper, I looked for the sections in a research paper that included the abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and references. This helped me decide what needed to be in each section so I could elaborate on if it was included or was not.

In his essay, “Navigating Genres”, Kerry Dirk describes rhetorical genres in funny layman’s terms which made me want to read more. Dirk states the obvious – that through everyday life, we are familiar with different rhetorical genres because we encounter and use them every day. We may not be conscious of it, but whenever we listen to a particular kind of song, or see a TV advertisement for a product we use, or hear a political commentator on the radio, we are being exposed to various rhetorical genres. When we see a horror flick, we are being exposed to another type. When we “post” on Facebook or Instagram, we are using a relatively new kind of genre which came about in response to the digital age.

Learning about the different type of writing styles and steps of writing was the most interesting. Descriptive essays are my favorite to read and write. If I was to write about a person, I would select a dominant impression of the person using details to convey that impression. I would also choose details to support the topic sentence. Descriptive essays help give readers vivid image in their mind. When I write descriptive essays, I use 4 steps ; I select a subject, Select details that support my

In Gordimers story “Once upon a time” uses the genre of a children’s story to articulate monsters in a suburban family by using the theme of a fairytale that clashes with the theme of a childrens story so he can use “monsters” in a suburban family. Gordimer uses phrases that kind of gives him the excuse to go in and articulate the monsters into the genre of a children’s story. Gordimer knew how to put everything in place to make it be called a “children’s story” Also, she the setting of the story in a good neighborhood, just people

Genre analysis is a system of analysis by which observations are made on the repeated communicative functions found in genres and on the linguistic features of these functions (Brett, 1994). Genre knowledge played an important role in helping novices understand how to produce academics, professional or educational discourse. Genre study can help to improve Chinese students’ movie

I think it’s fair to assume that over the course of their career, a writer toggles through a number of different genres until they find their niche. In my opinion, I feel that the only way to differentiate what form of writing works over the other is to write different drafts of each genre. Oddly enough, through my past academic experiences I have written more work based on rhetorical analysis than literacy narrative. In fact, in high school most of my English courses were heavily based on rhetorical analyses. After my elementary school days, I found myself sparsely writing any literacy narratives. Yet, writing this essay became a tedious task even though my experience would suggest otherwise. I feel the most difficult part of this assignment

In my English 1010 class, I have learned to do a number of things through writing essays. I have written a Literacy Narrative, a Discourse Community Analysis, and a Writing Research essay. Firstly, I have learned to identify how an author’s purpose, audience, genre, and context determine effective writing. The purpose of the literacy narrative was to help me understand myself better as a writer (Jones 1). My teacher was the intended audience of the narrative. The genre of the narrative was non-fiction by cause of it being about my experience as a writer. The context of writing made my writing more interesting and more effective. Knowing those elements helps you to compose writing that is more effective due to you needing to know what you need to write about and who is receiving your writing. I displayed these skills by going into detail about my experiences with reading and writing through my life. As shown in the following sentence from my literacy narrative I shared how fun and exciting it was when my second-grade class received the opportunity to write a book, A Book of Future Astronauts, “Everyone in the class was truly excited to be writing our own book,” (Writing is Good).

Campbell and Jamieson (1978) stated that “genre is a group of acts unified by a constellation of forms that recurs in each of its members” (p. 417). Constellation refers to “elements bound together dynamically (that) exist in a single instance to establish a genre or potential” (p. 420). The elements that are referred to in the previous are substantive, stylistic and situational. Each element serves a different purpose. According to Foss (2004), the situational characteristic calls for particular kinds of rhetorical responses based off perceptions in a given situation. Foss (2004) elaborates and says that substantive and stylistic has the rhetorician respond to perceived requirements of particular situations. Specifically, substantive examines

I see that writing an essay is like telling your audience a story that you have created yourself. The story could either be about me struggling in being accepted in Valdosta State University, or how Immokalee High school, which is the high school I had attended, began as an educational institution. The paper I typed up in high school were mostly looking up information about a historical event. For example, how Christopher Columbus had discovered America and how he was a terrible person in general. Outside the textbook and writing class, I had written multiple stories about my life and my feelings towards people. These types of stories I had written were very personal. When creating them, I started pouring my emotions into an electronic device.

Aside from the fencing that surrounds Columbus Park, there is additional fencing which separates the turf field from the other two sections. The park has three entrances and the turf field has its own entrance. The turf field, made of artificial grass and cement, has seven benches surrounding the area, each facing towards the field. This can encourage strangers to talk to each other. Some benches are closer than others, which allows people to maintain their distance. The field is in a rectangular shape, with trees encompassing the area. The field looks welcoming as there are always some people around and it feels safe to spend time there. It was also interesting to see that the turf field had separate rules compared to the rest of the park.

The musical film has always held a special place for me. From my time as a drama student in high school, my eyes have been opened to the amazing world of the musical and especially the musical film. The musical film is a film genre in which the characters sing songs that are integrated into the overall story. Since musicals first began in theaters, musical films usually contain similar elements. These elements often simulate that there is a live audience watching. In a sense, the film viewers become the audience members, at a theater production, as the actor performs directly to them. Due to the popularity of musicals in the theater, the style was quickly brought over into film. In 1927, the musical film genre began

Jenny Mollen, an American actress and New York best selling author, once said, “I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time” (“Jenny Mollen Quotes”, n.d.). In other words, if you are able to persuade someone, you can basically get anything you want. Today, many expert writers utilizes genre conventions to state their purpose and to persuade their audience. First of all, what is a genre convention? Genre convention is defined as a communication or a connection for writers and readers through the structure, reference, or language of an essay. For example, if a famous science author wrote a scientific journal article, then the

No matter which type of job or career the author is looking for, a resume is a great first step. Generally, resumes are built and created in early adulthood by the author them self. There are a few things that can be assumed about the authors. First, they are middle to upper class individuals who like to show off their own personal qualifications, education, and academic and professional experiences they have obtained throughout their life. The audience in which will be looking over these resumes could be a pretty broad range generally speaking, but for the most part whoever the author is submitting the resume to will be the intended audience for this genre. I think it is safe to say this genre will be around for many years to come,

Coming into Writing 39B I did not know what to expect of the western genre, but I became eager to learn more about the genre as I was exposed to the films. During the second lecture, I felt as though I knew very little about the concept so I became too shy to discuss the character traits. That later changed when a peer of mine described a cowboy’s physical and metaphorical traits. That provoked a flashbulb memory to occur from when I was a child. I remembered always walking into my mother’s room and seeing her watching old western style, black and white movies that were very comical to me but to her they were very interesting. I would always ask her why she watched such boring, terribly directed movies and she would simply respond, “This is

Genre is known to change discourse by the format the information is presented to the audience (Varela, 2008). It is also a category of composition that is characterized by a particular style, form or content as dictate by Webster Third Dictionary. However Trosborg (n.d) stated that for the past decade, genre identification, classification and description have been scholarly concern. Certain scholars dictate that genre is defined primarily around its basic external criteria such as journals and newspaper discourse while other scholars stand on the opinion that genre can be classify by its communicative purpose, linguistic content and form of role its play in the discourse made (Trosborg, n.d).