As we have discussed in class, genres are different classifications (rock, country, poetry, fiction, etc.)and are governed by different guidelines or "conventions" (style, beat, rhythm, verse, etc.) that let's us know what is acceptable and what is not. We also discussed how permeable these conventions are; in other words, conventions overlap.
Genres respond to--and establish--audience expectations. In fact, it can be argued that these shared expectations are what turns a text into a genre.
What genres have you written in for your third composition? What conventions did you have to follow? What is your favorite genre that you have written in over the course of the semester and why?
By Cody Cox
ReplyDeleteI wrote in an obituary genre, a memoir and a news article. For a news article you have to switch from first person to third person asking yourself these questions and asking yourself questions and quoting yourself. You have to assume what a newsperson would ask you in the situation that you presented at the beginning. You have to change your ideas about your crot to make it readable for an audience that reads this. You need to change your audience from classmates and teachers to the public reader. So you need to inform your reader what the purpose for writing this article is. For a memoir you are writing from the perspective of some close to you. It is an autobiography that some someone close to you would know as well as you do. You need to think in their perspective and think how they would have thought at that time period. You need to find someone very close to you that would know most of your lives story and are able to tell just as well or better than you would be able to. For an obituary you need to tell your lives story as if you are reflecting for the last time and to see what you accomplished in your life. For your crot that you chose you need to be able to tell your close family and friends that this moment was momentous and meaningful. You are reflecting on how that one moment changed you as a person and how it changed lives path and purpose. My favorite genre would have to be something like a memoir but instead of someone else writing it I wrote my on biography. A lot of momentous things happened in life and it is still very clear in my memory. It is a lot easier for me to write about it because I have wrote this many times for different reasons. For example my Essay to get into Florida State talking about the three pillars that make up the image of Florida State students. I wrote about how I had the strength to change my destiny when I was given a path that I didn't want and I fought to change it with every ounce of strength that I could muster. Not just physical but mental and spiritual strength.
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ReplyDeleteAaron Murphy
ReplyDeleteSo far, I have written in two genres. This first is an informational website for a university's academic department. This genre was challenging because of its extreme differences from the rest of the genres and anything I've written before. Unlike my other genres, this one has a visual element separate from the actual text. For research, I looked at about ten actual webpages from various schools. While some were more elaborate than others, most used a simplistic yet attractive combination of images, graphics, and interactive elements that served to complement their actual information. What's interesting about webpages is that as a genre on their own, they are defined by other genres as well. No website has just photos, just articles, just videos, etc. They compile bits and pieces of many genres to create a unique method of presentation. I kept this in mind while designing my website. I incorporated a background image relevant to the subject matter, which is displayed on every page and sets the atmosphere. Keeping my audience in mind (students, faculty, prospective students/faculty, news organizations, etc.), I kept it a professional presentation by staying away from flashy colors, music, videos, etc.
My second genre is a script or screenplay for a television documentary. So far, this has been my favorite to work on. Formal educational documentaries consist of, for the most part, just one narrator narrating over a bunch of images and video clips, and perhaps a few interviews. This seems simple, but it's tricky to express in a way that everyone that needs to read it can do so easily without confusion. Just imagine the range of people that need to read a script/screenplay. Narrators, cameramen, audio technicians, directors, production company executives, crew members, guest interviewees, etc. I found the easiest way to do this is to break the script into columns, one for the visual elements and one for the audio elements. Through the spacing and formatting it's pretty obvious what should be heard while a certain visual is displayed. The audio column contains only music and the narrator's script. The visual columns tell exactly what to display (pictures, animations, video) and how to display them (fading in/out, following a walking speaker with the camera, slideshows, etc.) .
Aaron Murphy responding to Cody Cox
ReplyDeleteI like how you outlined the perspective each genre is written from.
Your news article description sounds like it's a confusing genre to write, and rightfully so, especially when the article is about yourself. I tried this genre and kept getting stuck as it feels so awkward when quoting yourself. It's hard to make a quote of sound like a natural response when of course the article isn't real. My quotes would often sound too detailed or too forced as it's hard to capture one's speaking style while writing in the third person. As if this isn't confusing enough, the switching from the reporter's perspective and your own adds another layer of difficulty.
Alexis Turgeon
ReplyDeleteI wrote in journal format for the first part of my third composition. For this part, I wrote to an audience that includes people of my generation. I had to use language and a writing style that was easy to read for people of my generation. I also had to make it look like a journal entry by adding a date at the top. I edited the font as well to make it look like a hand-written script. The entry was formatted to seem as though I were actually writing in a journal of my own. There were not any requirements for quotations or support of facts from a source necessarily needed for this part of the third composition. I could be more relaxed in the writing style of my paper due to the fact that my audience was people of my generation. When you talk to people your age, you can be less formal; there is no need to be completely proper and use a more difficult form of writing. I think it is easiest, when writing to people of your own generation, to talk through your paper; as if you were having a casual conversation with the reader. This is especially true in a journal entry format. In a journal entry, usually the writer is writing to have a keepsake of memories. The journalist will write most likely in past tense and talk about what happened that day, that week, or even in past years. My third composition talks about how music has had an effect on my life and how it will continue to inspire me to move forward in life. I think a journal entry is perfect for the past tense of my third composition because of the genre and conventions it follows. Over the course of the semester, I have written in a variety of genres; my favorite is comedy. I always think the best papers are humorous because those are the papers that will easily catch a reader’s attention. Who doesn’t like to laugh?
For my 3rd composition I chose to write in a blog post for one of my Medias. This I thought was fun because it isn’t as conventional because it’s a relatively modern type of media that has spread across the world. All though there are many different types of blogs it might seem as if there are no rules to writing a bog post considering it’s just a flow of personal thoughts from the author, but this isn’t true. There are rules if you want to write a good blog post, which people enjoy reading and want to respond to. For example, your blog post must seem as if you are talking to a person, not at a person. It has to seem like a conversation from one side. It also has to be interesting to read and not dwell on a topic for too long. People don’t want to read pages and pages on one topic while they are just browsing the internet for pleasure. This has come to be one of my favorite genres to write in because since I have been exposed to it, blog post has become one of my favorite things to read. They are quick, interesting, and to the point. Also they are engaging and interactive between multiple people that are reading the same thing. In this, I feel as if my reading experience is being enhanced because you are also seeing how other people interpreted the writing and what they took from it. In addition, there is the exchange of ideas and what people liked and didn’t like about the topic, and the occasional add of information about the topic. It makes for a great reading and writing experience, which is why I chose this medium for part of my 3rd composition.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Mele
ReplyDeleteMy first genre I wrote about, which ironically will be the last in my composition, was in the format of an obituary. This was a fun experience because it was my own death i was talking about which was a really weird feeling to begin with. But what I liked about it was the fact that I had to write to a different audience than i normally would. By normally I mean writing for teachers or others who will have opinions on my paper and trying to include parts that i think they will like or even more horrible having to put specific components into the essay because it is required to "learn" how to use it well. Writing an obituary let me leave this conventional method far behind because they main point of an obituary is to explain all the good things in that persons life, explain how and when they died, family relations and so on but never once do i have to try to convince someone that this needs a good grade. I could just write and write and write because i never had to worry about things i normally would except i kept getting sidetracked and would make it too long at some points when i really should have just been talking about the person who died, in this part it was a future "me". but my overall favorite writing i have done all year was not in this class by my Ancient Mythology class because i actually got to create my own world and everything in it. For this class I created a creation myth this was very exciting because i finally got to do something like my favorite author, R.A. Salvatore, who i mention quite a lot. But it was very exciting because my creation myth was supposed to be godly powerful but have meanings to it like how things came to be and other such explanations because it was set in a time before science and people needed a way to explain everything in their crazy world.
Morgan in response to Alexis
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of writing a journal because it comes off as a very personal writing which interest people and engages them into reading it. Also, I like how you personalized the page to make it appear as if you actually hand wrote the entry. Depending on what topic you’re writing about, I think that this will be a very effective media in your project to tell people about a certain idea. I like you’re ideas about writing in a humorous light because it’s very true, who doesn’t like to laugh?
Alexis Turgeon in response to Cody Cox
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that you decided to write your composition three in the form of an obituary. I think this is a very unique choice as well as a very good idea. I like the thought process you have gone through to how you will write the obituary. I think the memoir idea is a highlight and will give interest to your composition. I agree that biographies are simpler to write than other types of writing. I like that the approach you took in your Florida State essay and that you included it as an example in your blog post.
Daniel Mele
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It is interesting to me that your favorite type of writing this year is biography because i have never written that way before but they way you explain it makes it feel like it is a way for you to remember important things you have done that you like. I normally view biographies, specifically autobiographies, as a way for someone to make themselves or the person their talking about seem better than normal. But if you write it about important things for you that gives it a whole new feel and makes it kind of like a evolving time capsule.
Response to Morgan
This is interesting I also have to write a blog post but I was saving it for the last I have to write because it will take up more creativity. But they way you explain it makes it seem more like a conversation between two people than responses over time. This to me makes it feel more interactive and more social and now I cant wait to write my blog post for my composition.
Morgan in response to Daniel
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that you are breaking out of your comfort zone and writing an obituary. I think that’s very interesting, and even from the start I already want to read it without knowing anything about it. I also like what you have to say about addressing a new type of audience that doesn’t consist of our teachers and peers. It is addressed to the general public that is skimming through the melancholy part of the newspaper in order to see who has died, and what their loved ones had to say about them.
Alexis Turgoen in response to Morgan
ReplyDeleteI thought your choice to write in blog format was a great idea. It’s a more casual form of writing and we are use to writing in blog form due to the requirements of this class. I agree with the statements you made about the rules of blogging, even though it almost seems like there are no rules. Blog posts, when done correctly, are interesting to read but otherwise are almost a hassle to get through. When you make the blog about one subject it becomes more tedious and becomes harder for the reader to keep interest. I like your blog post a lot and agree with the conventions you have placed on your genre.
In Composition 3 I chose a newspaper article, a blog, and a speech. For the newspaper article I had to place myself as completely bias to what my feelings were, my emotion as the interviewer would have to be completely closed off, no opinion showed because that’s how news articles are written, also I had to make sure to stay in 3rd person. It was really weird making up quotes for myself but at the same time quite easy. I had to make sure to use the inverted pyramid method that I was thought in my Journalism class where the most interesting facts go on top and then the rest comes after. For my blog, it is going to be a lot less formal, and much more free writing, which I enjoy. I will be able to clearly and freely express my opinion on the crot/idea that I chose and present it in a more creative and ready to read way. Last is my speech to schools, and parents. Unlike my blog, this will have to be a lot more formal since it will be presented to an audience where my professional character is important and the way in which they will take me seriously. I will present my statements clearly and have support so that I can make it more reliable, and something that people can find to true rather than solely my opinion. I will need facts, and research to go in to it which is something that I will dedicate time too. I think my favorite one is the Newspaper article, because after being a part of my high schools newspaper for 3 years it’s fun going back and writing again, I’ve always had a passion for writing news story and this assignment allowed me to do just that.
ReplyDeleteThe genres that I am writing in for my third composition are an advertisement, a blog space and a newspaper article. But so far I have only completed writing the blog space and the advertisement.
ReplyDeleteFor the blog space I looked up on the internet, different types of examples of blogs on varying topics. After looking at examples I researched more, and found an article that was written that actually gave tips for writing a blog. It taught me tips that told me how to reach for an appropriate audience and how to keep the readers interested. Then after that I continued to look up different backgrounds for the blog space, finding one appropriate for my topic. In my blog I wrote as if I were a preschool teacher, teaching her young students to read. I compiled and wrote a list of tips to help other teachers and parents to help teach their children and students to read.
For the advertisement I also went on the internet and researched different advertisements. I looked at different types that aimed at different audiences and approaching different topics. More specifically I looked at advertisements that targeted parents. Then I also researched ways to aim to an audience of parents and pathos, pathos being approaching the topic using the reader’s emotions. When I was looking at the different advertisements and how to construct my own and how to do so. For this genre I was promoting a reading organization I created. It was aiming for parents whose kids were struggling to learn to read.
So far my favorite genre that I have written this semester in this course was the advertisement. I think it was my favorite because it was not really even writing. Doing the advertisement genre was my favorite because it let me be more creative than any other genres. I mainly just looked up pictures that related to my topic, then put them in an effective way on the page and was done. It was easy, but yet it was interesting.
response to Aaron Murphy
ReplyDeleteI thought that was a really cool idea you had to write a script for television documentary. I would have never thought of that! It seems like all that you talked about having to do and research to write about it is going to take a lot of work though like you said, so I guess it is good that it is your favorite. But it is a really smart idea you had to divide it into separate columns to break it up to understand what it would really look like if it were made into a real documentary. I would be interested to see how it turns out to look like in the end.
Tess Stohr
ReplyDeleteFor Composition 3 I have written a newspaper article and a blog so far. For the newspaper article I had to focus on writing in a third person and having no bias all the while keeping it very professional and formal while keeping the focus of the paper on the main topic and not straying off onto other subjects. I have been reading different articles on major discoveries trying to find some format that I can use and a couple articles on worldnews.com or BBC have been really helpful. For the blog I needed to still have a professional feel to the writing but also presenting a more relaxed feel to the way I worded things but making sure it wasn’t completely informal. The blog had to represent a personal experience or views and contain certain emotions and bias that would be needed to formulate an opinion. I have looked at samples of blogs online and I have been referencing them.
My favorite genre that I have written in over the course of the semester was the second composition. I’m not quite sure what the proper name of the genre that the second composition is. I felt that I was able to express what my interests were and who I was. The first composition did go into more detail about what factors made me who I was but the second one let me show who I was in my own way. The fact that we were able to choose which band or artist we were able to write about was a big deal to me. My life is focused mostly on music and giving me the opportunity to write about what I love the most was something I have never been able to do until that assignment. I feel that having written about what I love it has helped me see other unfavorable prompts in a new, more likable light.
Tess Stohr in response to Daniel Mele
ReplyDeleteI found it funny that you would start at the end. I have a tendency to do this also, on most tests or quizzes I flip to the end of the questions and begin. I agree with you statements about writing an obituary and how it would be easy to just keep writing and get sidetracked easily. I think I am going to change one of my genres to an obituary because it would be easier for me to write about my family and their help of my reading experience in that context.
Tess Stohr in response to Sprigilla?
I understand your struggles with having no bias in the newspaper article. I feel like actual newspaper reporters have to be strict and serious to achieve a non bias attitude on certain subjects and I feel like they are being limited to what they can have opinions about due to their job. Adding quotes from me was the hardest and easies part of writing the newspaper article. I found it extremely difficult to figure out a way to address myself in the article. I also am writing a blog and I agree that it will be much easier to write in a somewhat freestyle way.
Chris Davis
ReplyDeleteFor my third composition I am writing in the style of a music video, a website, and a news article. For the music video I had to go outside of the conventional style of writing because I wasn’t writing a paper or a paragraph or anything. This was something that had to be performed as a visual aid. That way it could use not only the words, but the images to help get the message across. The writing had to be very detailed as to what I was writing about because I am telling people in the video what to do and how to act. The language has to be precise to get the message across and the writing style has to be very clear and to the point. The next thing I wrote about was the website. This was really easy to write because it was all facts. Part of it was just a bio of all the facts compiled together. The thing about it though is that it has to be made interesting and compelling. The writing style has to be out there and descriptive to hold the audiences attention. Without exciting writing and language, it isn’t very effective. Then the last thing I am going to write about is a news article. For this one, the writing is going to have to be short and concise so I can get in as much facts in a possible within the short frame of allotted space. My favorite genre that I have written in so far would have to be a m music video. It allowed me to be creative and express my own thoughts as how I see them to create my own music video. It allowed me to be descriptive and go off in the direction that I wanted to.
Chris Davis responding to Tess Stohr
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of the stuff that you are saying. It is very smart to research all of the possible things or forms of writing before you write it. That way, it always you to write the best possible way and then the final product is your best possible work. It is good that you were able to find a genre that you liked so much. Its always good to find a writing style that allows you to express yourself in the exact way that you want. It also helps when that writing allows you to see things in a new way or give u a new perspective on something.
Chris Davis responding to Jackie Randolph
ReplyDeleteIt is smart that you looked up examples of the other writing styles online. That way, you can get the full idea or perspective on how you can be the best writer for that specific genre. By knowing the little details about how to effectively write in a certain style, your final result will be your best possible work. I am the same way with my favorite genre. By finding something that allows me to be creative and fully express myself is the best possible writing style. It allows us to get our ideas out clearly and fully express ourselves.
Cody Cox responding to Aaron Murphy
ReplyDeleteThis topic is harder than I thought that it would be but it is the same as interviewing someone but instead you have to anticipate the questions that are being asked by another person who has no clue what your crot is about. So you can begin by asking yourself questions on what the basics of your crot are and how it has impacted you. While doing this and answering a question that you asked yourself you can add questions that they may not pick up on. For instance you may want to reiterate something specific during this crot. You can ask yourself more on that subject and go into more detail. Of course a true interviewer may not ask these questions but asking these specific details reveal the true purpose of what you want it to be. This also reflects your writing style too because you will tend to lead the conversation to a topic that is your strong point so you can take full advantage and write strong vivid details but this one crot.
Jessi Gould's response
ReplyDeleteFor composition three I found it interesting that we were able to revisit composition one. I chose to pick my crot about technology and how I am very experienced in the world of email, texting, and facebooking. Using technology I feel there are three very important audiences I needed to address including generation 2000 (aka the college students or "us"), Our parents generation (people born between 1950 to 1970) and the struggles they deal with in the work world and daily life concerning technology, and last the more underprivileged individuals lower on the economic scale whom possibly cannot afford savvy techno phones or computers. I thought it would be appropriate to write a facebook status or message to the generation of today with no better way of spreading the word but our favorite time wasting activity facebook. The one important article would post on all 800 friends of mine walls and then if they found it worth while and commented or reposted the message would cyber to there 1000 friends and very quickly reach millions. The best way to reach our parents generation is to broadcast the story on the 6'o clock news. Most working adults will sit down to turn on there televisions using some sort of technology, but television does not require much knowledge nor effort in the technological field making it easy to reach adults. They want to know what is going on in the world and this is it! Lastly I plan on writing a newspaper article to the more underprivileged keeping in mind the use of technology or absentee of it is what the article is about. Therefore old school newspapers will be perfect and most people receive one on their door step every morning. So I will use blogs, dialogue and manuscript, and literature correct columns to address all my needed audience on the news of today!
Jessi Responding to Chris
ReplyDeleteHearing that your doing a music video is really cool. I did not even think of doing that sort of non writing way. It should be interesting and creative. Are you really going to go and film a music video? I am looking forward to seeing the way you do that and creativity aspect of it. Also i wonder do we all have to make a website? Or is that only if were using a website to get our message across to one of our genres?
I have written a speech for my funeral. It started out as an obituary that got too long and then I tweaked it to form a speech written by my little brother to say at my funeral. My audience was a little tricky. It started out as a wide audience because it was in a newspaper and my tone was very formal talking about how I did amazing things and all that jazz, and then got changed to a less formal tone because the audience changed to people that I would have known and I put a couple of jokes about me into my speech. I have not yet started on my newspaper article or my ad. These will require some more thinking and I guess that I need to get started on these. My favorite genre that I written so far is actually the speech that I talked about above. It was fun to write my own speech for my funeral. Everything I want said about me is there while the less good things aren’t. It was fun. That is all I have to say as to why. I think that because I liked this assignment it made it my favorite.
ReplyDeleteMelanie Titus responding to Chris.
ReplyDeleteWow I like the music video idea. That seems like it would hard but fun all at the same time. I agree that a website is easier. All facts but try to make it interesting. It is no fun to go to a website that is all facts and no play. It will be harder to make it seem interesting than actually writing what needs to go into the website. I am doing a news article to and actually had fun writing about myself and putting in quotes that I think I would have said or will say in the future.
Bryan Anderson said....
ReplyDeleteSo far for composition 3, the genres that apply to my writing so far include a third person perspective news paper article. This article is written as a catchy front page article. It is written as third person so that it appears if someone is reporting on this explorer, Bryan Anderson. It allows me to be quoted for effect. The other genre I have used thus far on composition 3 is a take off of a very famous style and literary work. Mary Shelley wrote frankenstein as a sequence of letters back and forth. It gave the work the extra dynamic which has helped to propel it to be one of the most critically read novels. I decided to utilize a series of emails while in the midst of mountaineering in the north cascades. Though fictional, as there would have been absolutely no way to email from such a remote are plus no technological devices would have made it through that expedition. Yet it is based off of true feelings and accurate descriptions. Those are the two genres used thus far in composition 3. My favorite compositon thus far would have to be the third person news paper article. This is because extreme care was put in to ensure that it was written to be very similar to the format of a front page news paper article. It was creative in both content and layout. It is one of the works where I am simply extremely proud of. Thus it is my favorite genre thus far.
Marcee’ Mitchell
ReplyDeleteIn my composition, I am working on the blog, magazine, and memoir genres. For the blog post, I had to write a little less formally than my other two genres because blogs are usually full of slang and internet talk. I was also less formal because a blog is kind of like a journal that is shared with others over the internet, and since there are so many people that can be exposed to it, different age groups, social groups, nationalities etc., therefore, the atmosphere is a little less formal, how informal it is however, depends on what audience the author is trying to reach the most. The second genre I chose is a memoir. I like the memoir genre because I feel like it requires the most creativity. I have to describe in depth whatever event is my subject. For example, the crot I chose is about learning to read and loving reading, therefore, my memoir will be full of descriptions of my experiences with reading that made me love it so much. My first book, what it looked like, what it was about; my favorite book as of now, what it is about, what the cover looks like, what about it I like and do not like. My third genre, magazine, I think is the most fun. I plan on setting up the magazine as if I am holding an interview with myself about why I like reading. The magazine will have to be set up like a dialogue between myself and the “interviewer.” Over the course of this semester, my favorite genre would have to be the crots. It was my favorite because there was so much versatility to it. We had a lot of room to utilize our creativity and do things different than the traditional way.
Bryan Anderson responding to Chris Davis....
ReplyDeleteA music video is a very creative genre, it is a genre that is broken down into many other genres. I am very interested to see how the music video turns out. The website is another very effective genre. People are more and more visual these times. A website allows you to display your information in a visual appealing way which makes an effective message. The final genre is a newspaper article. A personal favorite because news paper articles are written in many different ways, all with the goal of getting news paper subscribers to actually read the article. Thus depending on the subject and location of the article, the writing style can differ drastically yet be just as effective. I am intersted to see how youre interpretation of the news paper genre turns out.
Marcee’ Mitchell in response to Jackie Randolph:
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that you chose an advertisement to use for your 3rd composition. I myself wanted to use something visual, however I did not know how to incorporate it into my composition and have it relate to the crot that I chose as the theme for my paper, so I am glad that you found use for it and even found that you like the genre the most out of all genres we have learned about over the course of the semester. I also like that your creativity allowed you to use this genre to its fullest extent, because the visual genres are a little demanding in creativity, and require you to use imagination and have originality.
So far I have written two different genres. One genre I wrote was a newspaper article that lists today’s “Top Seller Children’s Books”. In my newspaper article I will list the “Top Sellers” also giving a brief description of each book. I believe that by giving a description of each book, parents will know what their children or teens are actually reading and whether or not it’s educational. In order to make this perspective a newspaper article I had to create a catchy title, give some juice and interesting facts in the descriptions of the books, and put it in the form of columns so that it does look like a newspaper article.
ReplyDeleteIn my other genre I wrote a blog that is based on the Gossip Girl books. I made the blog about gossip that is in the similar form as in the books and T.V. show. At the beginning I began it just as they do in Gossip Girl, “Gossip Girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite”. This gives an example of why spreading rumors is bad but some girls watch this show and think its funny to start rumors. Instead of using Gossip Girl though, I will use the words Rumor Girl, in order to not break copyright to that name. In order to pass it as a blog I have to write as if it’s a teenager that uses LOL, or nvm instead of spelling out the words.
My favorite genre over the semester would have to be website because it’s actually a lot of fun putting it together. Although it takes a lot of time and effort it is worth it in the end when the website has been published and looks great.
Meghan Hemstreet
ReplyDeleteFor my third composition, I have chosen to write in the form of a newspaper article, a website, and an advertisement.
For the newspaper article, I wrote as if it were written in The Palm Beach Post. I chose this specific publisher because it is the local newspaper that is issued in my hometown. For the article, I had to write in third person. It felt quite strange writing in this style because I had to write about myself as if it were from the perspective of another person. The article highlights my decision to give back to my high school, where I majored in digital media in the eleventh and twelfth grade.
For my website, I intend to include a biography of my life, as well as a gallery of my photographs. I do not have any previous experience designing web pages, so this genre might become somewhat of a challenge. I will research several websites of famous photographers to get a feel for how it should be designed. The concept is to make it seem as if it were designed and up kept by a web designer. The site will serve as a tribute to my life as a photographer.
For my third genre, an advertisement, I will once again continue to search the Internet for ideas on how to create it. Like the website, I have never actually made one before. It might be somewhat difficult, but I am excited to venture into this unfamiliar territory. I want my third composition to be creative, and I believe the incorporation of this advertisement will help me achieve this. My intention for the advertisement is to broadcast the importance of saving the arts. As a photographer, I want to bring attention to their significance and the importance of conserving them.
Meghan Hemstreet responding to Kelly Lewis
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea behind your third composition. You showed me bits and pieces of the website you have created so far, and it seems to be going well. Considering you had never made a website previous to this assignment, you have picked up on it really quickly. If I have trouble designing mine, I know who to go to for some ideas and tips. Your idea for the blog post also sounds like a lot of fun. Who would’ve thought we would be allowed to use abbreviations and improper writing in an English class? I’m excited to see your finalized genres.
I wrote three different genres. All of them were based on a crot about the influence my sister had over my reading when i wanted the exact opposite of what she did. I wrote a blog expressing the way sisters have special bonds and are supportive of each other through everything. I wrote my second as a newspaper about the influence sisters have over each other. Lastly, i wrote a speech to middle schoolers. It expresses how easy is is to be influenced by their siblings to do bad things. I also tied in the "above the influence" idea. This enables me to bring in the aspect of drugs and alcohol in a motivational speech. Lastly, I tied in the me being a D1 athlete encouraging kids to find something they love and stick with it instead of getting caught up in distractions.
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