Genre Toolkit
Used to describe a particular type of writing that shares similar features, functions, and audiences.
What is Genre?
An argumentative essay structure commonly taught in high school that doesn't work well for narratives.
What is the Five Paragraph Essay?
Give us a mini-review of a piece of media you've been into lately.
I'll take it!
True or False: all the sources used in the Academic Op-Ed are peer-reviewed.
False!
Titania is a moon of what planet?
Uranus
Effective writers think about the expectations of this imagined group of people when writing in a genre.
What is Audience?
Describes a particular shape of a line, and also a common structure for narratives
What is an Arc?
True or False: the Review Essay is the longest assignment in this course.
True!
I referenced this movie as a metaphor for good (and bad) research techniques.
What is The Matrix?
Do your best 10-second impression of me explaining something on the whiteboard.
Too real
A genre is composed of a number of these features and elements that define it.
What are Conventions?
The most important part of a narrative arc, when tension is highest, marking a "turning point" for the main character.
What is the Climax or Aha-Moment?
True or False: reviews do not use evidence, as they are opinionated pieces of writing.
False! A good review gives detail about the media it's reviewing.
Describes the process of forming a point from the overlap of multiple separate sources
What is Synthesis?
5 pushups!
Hit 'em!
If an essay was trying to convince you an album was good by referencing the opinions of well-established critics, it would be using this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos (Appeal to Authority)?
This three-word piece of writing advice is commonly used by storytellers to emphasize the importance of descriptive detail over the listing of facts.
What is "Show, Don't Tell?"
The name of the country singer we listened to in class.
Who is Tyler Childers?
The alliterative phrase that describes the purpose of an op-ed.
What is "To persuade the audience of a particular position, plan or proposal?"
When is the final draft of the Academic Op-Ed (and Writer's Reflection) due?
This Tuesday, December 16th, 11:59 PM
Used to describe what a text is trying to communicate, and what techniques it uses to do so.
What is Rhetoric?
Tell us a mini-literacy narrative, including Exposition, a Climax, and a Takeaway moment, about what this class has meant to you.
I'll take it!
What is wrong with this MLA citation?
Speed Racer. Directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski, performances by Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Elia, Susan Sarandon, Ariel Winter, and John Goodman, Warner Brothers, 2008.
Nothing.
The easiest way to get a full MLA citation for a source you found on the library article database?
What's my Major?
MFA Creative Writing, Poetry