WRIT 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Writing, Creative Nonfiction, Technical Writing
15 Jan 2018
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Genre and conventions: one-way reading = reading to understand meaning (content, two-way reading = reading to respond (associative/personal, three-way reading = reading to analyze techniques (critical/analytical) What is genre: we read different genres of writing every day: in emails and text messages, on websites, in books, ebooks, magazines etc. Genre writing refers to writing that is customized for an audience familiar with a discipline and its conventions. Conventions are recurrent patterns that direct and organize the behavior of specific groups of people. Individuals make meaning by working with set expectations. Purpose, audience, tone: purpose is the reason for writing. Or is the purpose to argue, persuade, or convince the reader of a point: audience refers to the expected readers of a text. Through to(cid:374)e, (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sider the (cid:449)riter"s attitude to(cid:449)ard the audience and the topic. Non-fiction genres: how to: teaches readers to do something in step-by-step fashion.
