Thlog 4: Genres Are Cool!

After doing the group activity on Wednesday, I reflected on how important and useful it is to understand genres and how they are formed. After the groups were all given random genres to write about using the same topic, we were all able to nail It, even if it wasn’t a genre that we had much experience with. Because we had taken the time to identify the audience, understand the purpose of the writing, and analyze other conventions of our given genre, we were able to successfully create a work of that genre from a simple prompt. I then considered how understanding how to apply genres can be extremely useful in every day life. Throughout my life, I will have to write countless things for many different occasions, and will have to know how to use language to my advantage. For example, I could need to write a letter to my landlord about fixing a problem in my house, or an email to my coworkers about cleaning up after themselves in the employee lounge. That being said, knowing how to navigate through genres will better help me achieve my goals in writing and use the most fitting language for the situation I am in. No matter the scenario, it is important to understand the expectations that come with writing certain genres and be able to apply rhetoric in a way that will elicit a desired response.