Genres
According to Genre in the Wild, this is a typified utterance that appears in recurrent situations.
Genre
This databases sorts sources based on genre.
ProQuest
Gray literature is both a source and a _____
genre.
What are the deliverables for this project?
Two texts, created in two different genres, intended for your discourse community. 3 process worksheets. 1 cover letter.
True or false, discourse communities typically have a set of genres they prefer to use to communicate with each other.
True
Students can click this on the homepage of the library website to talk to a librarian in real-time.
This type of source is filled with articles written by people in the industry for other people in the same industry.
Trade journal
For this project, who is your audience?
Your discourse community.
The reason why genres evolve and change over time is because _______.
Changes to social needs and wants, and technological advances.
Any of these library strategies can help you to find the sources you need (Hint: The answer is NOT related to Lateral reading and Click Restraint)
Try different sets of words and scopes of search
When using a search box like Library Search, put phrases in quotes
Use filters to narrow your search results
Use citation generator when you’ve found a source that you want to use
For searching in ProQuest or another big database: when you place quotes around a set of words, this links the two concepts together.
Be conscious of your biases and algorithmic biases as you search google
This type of source is not typically used in a research setting or is a more recent information platform.
Non-traditional sources, such as: Social media, Blogs, Interviews, Speeches, Statistics, Photographs, Maps, Advertisements, Sheet music, Postcards, Cartoons, Lithographs, Paintings, Books, Magazines, Art, Furniture, and Textiles.
6 (includes opposing viewpoint--but only include the opposing viewpoint when it's relevant)
Writers should understand what "genre" means because _____.
If you know what a genre is, then you'll be able to identify how writers take them up and why, which will help you to compose when you are taking up the genre yourself.
Get diverse perspectives using this open-access database.
NPR Diverse Sources database.
This type of source is written for the general public and don't require any special knowledge to understand
Everyday source.
If I were a member of the Taylor Swift discourse community, the swifties, I could compose within any of these genres for my assignment.
Social media post, blog post, and any other kind of genre that they use to communicate.
A scholarly journal article has these specific "genre" conventions.
Citations, peer review process, theories, analytical thinking, primary and/or secondary research, lexis/specialized jargon.
When you're having a hard time finding sources that will educate you about the topic you're writing about, contact this person at the SU library.
Subject matter librarian.
This type of source includes information produced outside of traditional publishing and distribution channels, and can include reports, policy literature, working papers, newsletters, government documents, speeches, white papers, urban plans, and so on.
What is gray literature?
If I were a member of a discourse community that only used scholarly journal articles to communicate, then I would need to take this approach with my project.
Write a scholarly journal article about something new that the discourse community is already talking about. I would need to use scholarly sources, the community's lexis, citations, and signal phrases.