What is this project?
\nAnalyzing or \u201creading\u201d a genre is an effective, efficient means for writing persuasively across multiple contexts. Because our standards for what constitutes \u201cgood writing\u201d change depending on the genre, audience, and context in which one is working, then we need to be able to determine which conventions and traits readers rely on to make their evaluations. This assignment challenges you to analyze a micro- genre-breaking down its rhetorical elements to understand better how they come together as a whole to get things done in the world.<\/p>\n
What am I being asked to do here?
\nFirst, select any micro-genre you\u2019re curious about, then use analysis to identify the patterns, conventions, and traits that help distinguish it as a genre. Then, analyze those patterns (and any anomalies) to render the implicit values, beliefs, and assumptions of the genre explicit. In 1000\u20131500 words, depict the genre\u2019s conventions and share the findings of your analysis. Your goal is to compose a piece with cohesive, compelling linkages between claims, evidence, and reasoning\u2014the hallmarks of analytical writing.<\/p>\n
You might be asking yourself, \u201cwait, what is a micro-genre?\u201d If you\u2019re familiar with the concept of genre, just think smaller. For example, take it from \u201chorror movies\u201d to \u201cfound-footage horror movies,\u201d from \u201chip-hop\u201d to \u201ctrap,\u201d or from \u201cyoung adult fiction\u201d to \u201cYA paranormal romance.\u201d You could consider how microgenres work on social media, too. Since we only have 1000\u20131,500 words to work with, having a more specific genre allows for more targeted analysis, which in turn will allow for more nuanced, meaningful claims. Your analysis should reference specific examples of at least two texts that exemplify the genre under consideration. For example, if you were analyzing horror films, you might cite tropes used in at least two films.<\/p>\n
This should be a close reading that draws evidence directly from the texts you\u2019re examining. This\u2028 means looking at specific quotations, moments, images, lyrics, scenes, or other elements that connect your interpretations as closely as possible to the text you\u2019ve selected. You might consider incorporating images or screenshots where applicable.<\/p>\n
You should not need to reference any other texts beyond the two primary examples you\u2019ve selected.<\/p>\n
What exactly should I be analyzing?
\nConsider some of these core questions as you look for the patterns that help constitute your selected genre:<\/p>\n
What are the conventions, traits, and \u201cmoves\u201d that help constitute the genre?
\nWhat values, beliefs, goals, and assumptions are revealed through the genre\u2019s patterns?
\nWhat do these patterns reveal about the genre?
\nWhat do they tell us about the rhetorical situations the genre responds to and\/or those it helps bring about? What attitude toward readers is implied in the genre? What attitude toward the world is implied in the genre?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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