On a blank document on your computer, sketch out your plan. Write the name of each genre at the top of the page. Underneath each genre, map out the concepts you are considering when planning your genr
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What community are you working with?
I will work with the Sorority community of Alabama State University in this project. The sorority community communicates by writing newspapers, publishing information on websites, distributing posters and flyers, and giving speeches and presentations to encourage all the community members. (Yates, 2020)
What genres do you think about this community?
The sorority community uses multiple genres, which include;
The use of rhetorical genre in writing newspapers allows writers to choose and express different contexts most convincingly, making it appealing to the audience
Use narrative genres to entertain others and engage with them during speeches and presentations, allowing them to create an imaginative experience on the topics.
Use pop and R&B music genres to pass on the information essential to educating other community members.
Use memes to create and distribute memes to describe particular situations and their outcomes, allowing community members to be kept of their activities.
Use motivational posts to encourage one another to keep improving, thus contributing positively to the institution.
Use email to pass crucial information from one community member to another, allowing them to set the policies they will use to develop the community.
Use brochures to create awareness of the activities taking place and the schedule of the activities, keeping everyone informed.
From the list above, which genres do you think are the best to write in?
The most effective genres can be emailed to pass information across all the community members, publishing a newsletter, creating helpful resources such as brochures and written speeches and setting a forum where people can ask questions and answers. The community perfectly fits these genres as they aim to pass information to the community and develop it. Other genres that can be used in the community include rhetorical and narrative journals to attract the audience.
Provide a genre of your community.
One of the standard genres used in the community is the rhetorical genre. This genre is essential in our community as it allows presenters and publishers to choose and filter contexts appropriately, making it relevant to the audience. Other communities hardly use this genre to filter the information, and it hardly becomes appealing to be followed by the audience, making them lose community participants in various projects. (Casal et al., 2020)
Do you have any questions about the genres you will create?
Yes, I have questions about the genre I will create. Since our genre involves filtering information to attract the audience, what will happen if the author decides to deceive about the community project's progress to impress the community members to prevent them from living with other parties? What will be done to prevent such scenarios from being experienced?
Why these genres?
Currently, I am learning narrative, humour and also fiction. I am suggesting these genres as they can allow participation by all members of the project as they can subject their questions to the author whenever they do not understand. The narrative will be an essential genre as the author will be able to emphasize particular contexts, making it appealing to the audience and making the audience memorize the information. The fiction genre will allow the author to develop a story project, capturing the audience's attention and allowing them to remember it for a long. Humour will be essential to amuse the audience, allowing them to be active during presentations.
References to go along with project 3
Yates, R. (2020). Student Involvement & Graduation Rates: A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Adding a Fraternity & Sorority Community at Colleges & Universities in the United States. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors, 15(1), 1-13.
Casal, J. E., & Kessler, M. (2020). Form and rhetorical function of phrase-frames in promotional writing: A corpus-and genre-based analysis. System, 95, 102370.
