31 Aug Genre Passages and Response Examples
Assignment:
The ability toidentify purpose, audience, genre, and context can improve your comprehensionas a reader and enhance your ability to make decisions as a writer. When youwrite, how do your purpose, audience, genre, and context shape your decisionsabout how you respond to a project or task?
Access the documentand:
- Carefully read the 3 passage excerpts that reflect 3 different genres of writing you may encounter in your daily life. Each passages title has been removed.
- For each passage, make educated guesses about the:
- Writers purpose
- Passages audience
- Genre of the writing
- Passages context
- Note specific passage examples to support your educated guesses. Focus on the purpose, the audience, the genre, and the context. Refer to the Response Guidance Examples at the end of the document to see how you might note your observations and respond.
- Use the example responses provided in the document to assist you with this assignment.
Quick tip: Whilethere are no absolute right or wrong answers for this assignment, there areinformed and uninformed responses. Informed responses will include specificcharacteristics and examples from the original text to support yourconclusions.
Choose 1 of thefollowing response formats for this assignment and review the correspondingresource:
- 350-word (minimum) written response
- Review to guide your writing.
- Use APA Format and Microsoft Word.
- 2- to 3-minute video response
- Review Today’s Tip: How-To Film a Video of Yourself before beginning. There is also a available.
Create your written orvideo response in which you share your educated guesses about the followingitems from the 3 passages and the clues you used to make them:
- The purpose
- The audience
- The genre
- The context
Include supporting examplesin your response.
Based on whether youchose to complete a written or video response, complete thefollowing corresponding item:
- Written response: Review your completed written response for clarity. Use the Microsoft Word spelling and grammar checker or grammar tools from the Center for Writing Excellence.
- Video response: Re-watch your completed video and ensure good composition, good sound quality, and an approved file format (MP4) or cloud-based link.
Submit your written responseon a Microsoft Word Document, or submit a video response.
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