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Getting Started. Writing Today Chapters 1,2,3. Organize and draft. Invent your ideas. Choose a style. Analyze the rhetorical situation. Design the document. Genre. Revise and edit. Writing in Genres What are genres?.
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Getting Started Writing Today Chapters 1,2,3
Organize and draft Invent your ideas Choose a style Analyze the rhetorical situation Design the document Genre Revise and edit
Writing in GenresWhat are genres? • They are ways of writing and speaking that help people interact and work together. • They change to suit new social situations and new challenges. • They must adapt to your audience.
Genres are flexible • To adjust to fit various situations • To evolve to suit various fields • To shape situations and readers
Genres can be mixed to match. • Use a memoir to review a book • Use a rhetorical analysis to study a painting You must define your specific purpose. The genre you choose should influence each stage of your writing process. • Content • Organization • Style • Design
Using a Writing Process • Analyze the rhetorical situation • Invent your ideas • Organize and draft your paper • Choose an appropriate style • Design your document • Revise and edit your work
Assignment • Page 12 • Talk About This: 1 or 2 • Try This Out: #4
Chapter 2Topic, Angle, Purpose • Topic: What am I writing about? (Identify and narrow) • Angle: What is new or has changed recently about the topic? (Develop) • Purpose: What should I accomplish? Refer to figure 2.5 on page 20 • Choose the appropriate genre. Refer to figure 2.7 on page 23
Assignment • Page 25 • Talk About This: 1 and 2
Chapter 3Readers, Contexts, and Rhetorical Situations • Who are my readers? • What are their expectations, needs, wants? • Where will they be reading? • When will they read? • Why are they reading? • How will they read it?
Consider… • Your readers’ values • Personal • Social • Cultural • Attitudes toward you and the issue
Analyze the Context • Place • Profile your audience • Medium • Paper • Electronic • Public • Podcast or video • Social and Political Influences • Social trends • Economic trends • Political trends
Genres and the Rhetorical Situation • Topic • Angle • Purpose • Readers • Context
Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle Speaker Audience Subject
Assignment • Page 38 • Talk About This: 1, 2, and 3