5 Academic Genres of Writing – Flashcards
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A type of writing with a specific purpose, format, and genre tropes.
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Genre
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The characteristics of a writing genre.
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Genre Tropes
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Informs audience about a topic. Tropes: Uses examples, facts, description, pictures, diagrams, maps. Ex: Instructions, Research Report
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Expository
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Convinces audience to agree with thesis on one aspect of a story. Tropes: Uses opinion about story, quotes, author details, convincing argument. Ex: Book Review/Critique, Letter to the Editor, Essay
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Response to Literature
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Convinces audience to agree with thesis. Tropes: Uses a strong argument, counter-argument rebuttal, statistics, facts, opinions. Ex: Debate, Advertisement
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Persuasive
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Shows perspective, informs, entertains, retells events using story. Tropes: Uses a beginning, middle and end, characters, setting, plot, dialogue, imagery, theme, includes a moral or lesson. Ex: Watsons Go to Birmingham, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
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Narrative
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Shares personal experiences, beliefs and character to explain or argue a topic. Tropes: Uses details from the author's life, focuses on author, includes elements of narrative, expository and persuasive genres. Ex: High School Essays
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Reflection
