Thursday, October 25, 2007

10.25 Class Notes

Why is it important to know genre?
  • allows you to better meet the expectations of your audience
  • provides you with a prototype document (i.e. blueprint) that can be utilized as the framework for your respective document
  • makes your communication more expedient

Examples of different MA genres

Thesis

  • different sub genres--English, Philosophy, etc.--within the thesis genre
  • includes introduction, method, result, and conclusion
  • lengths vary depending on sub genre (i.e. 75-120 for English)
  • language (writing style)
  • design (i.e. experiment, analysis, emperical tradition)
  • citations (MLA, APA, Chicago style)

Projects

  • deliverables
  • journals
  • paper (method, results, and evaluation)

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