Terms
What is a Term
A word of phrase used to describe a thing or express a concept
what is a Genre
a category or type of art, music, literature, or film that shares familiar characteristics, such as subject matter, style, or theme.
Joseph Petraglia
Who is "the guy" that wrote about school based writing tasks
Exigence
The need or reason for a given act of communication
Rhetorical situation
describes the circumstances surrounding a text's creation and includes its exigence
Wardle and Downs
Who wrote the textbook
Conversational Inquiry
A process of participating in the scoriary discussion about a subject by seeking answers to open questions
audience
a group of readers who read a particular piece of writing.
nonfiction
literature that presents factual, real-life information about actual people, events, and stories, rather than fictional narratives
Andrea Lunsford
Who studied peoples early memories ofwriting
Threshold concept
A concept or idea that must be learned to further understand a subject
what is Substantive chartiristics
what content is tyicallally in the genre
Adler-Kassner
Who collaberated with Downs to name threshold concepts
Rhetoric
The art of persuasion
Professer Hejnar
Who assigned our readings