Please read the instructions carefully to know what you should do.
This assignment is very easy, and it will not take more than half an hour to complete it. So please try your best to do it.
As an exercise in understanding genre, consider this situation:
You’ve been involved in a car accident, but you’re okay and no one else is hurt. But your car is damaged and has to be towed. And you were on your way to your Biology mid-term and now you’re going to be so late you might miss the exam. You also feel bad because the car was a gift last year from your grandparents, and they saved their money to be able to give it to you. You don’t know what to do or where to start. Believe it or not, there’s some writing that might be required in this situation.
One example of writing in this situation might be the accident report that a responding police officer has to write. An insurance agent has to write a follow up report using that police report and an interview with you and the other drivers’ insurance companies. There is also the email you’ll have to write to your Bio professor explaining why you missed the mid-term and pleading for a make-up exam, despite his policy of no make-ups. You might text a friend for moral support or a ride, as your car has to be towed away. You want to explain to your grandparents in an email (because that’s how they communicate with you in writing) that the accident wasn’t your fault but you feel bad anyway because you really appreciated that they picked out this car for you to attend college.
For this scenario, strategize how each genre would be written if you were the writer – the accident report, the insurance report, the email to your professor, the text to your friend, and the email to your grandparents:
- Think of the audiences, some of which are very obvious and direct and some that are complex and not so obvious
- Consider the purpose for each genre in the scenario
- How would you approach the writing for each scenario? Not knowing how to create a police report or insurance report since you’ve probably never done one of those, just think about what you imagine would be the content of such a report.
- Consider what is appropriate for each genre — the language you would use, whether the tone was formal or not, how much you would write, and what points you would make.
Practice reflection:
Using the sources you have found in your major or discipline, consider the genres and how they are written. Discuss audience, purpose, and context or situation – what do you see in them? Consider this practice for your reflection.
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