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Examples
Social Context
This genre can easily be found in a database. The subject of research essays vary. People that use this genre are scholarly. This genre is used to present and analyze evidence in a well constructed manner. It serves the purpose of presenting an argument in a formal and scholarly manner.
Rhetorical Patterns of the Genre
Research essays generally contain ample evidence and the only visuals the occasionally have are graphs. This genre uses appeals to logos most often and appeals to ethos second most. It does not have appeals to pathos. The texts are organized with an introduction, thesis at the end of the intro, body paragraphs ordered according to thesis, then the conclusion. Sentences in this genre do not follow a particular pattern. They vary from active to passive voice and from simple to complex sentences. They use whatever states the fact in the best way. There are no exclamation points and questions are used very very sparingly, if at all. Word choice in this genre simply picks the best word for the sentence. The tone is academic and formal.
Analysis of What those Patterns Reveal about the Social Context of the Genre
This genre includes people that know what all the words mean in the essay. That may sound like a joke but it's not. The vocabulary in these pieces reveal what the author assumes the reader knows and therefore the audience selected by the author. The writer is generally writing as a qualified writer in the subject based on the research and outside sources. The writer treats the reader as someone who knows less about the subject and explains the how the sources boost their argument. This genre assumes the reader values logic and credibility over emotion. Logic and credibility are the most valuable parts of this genre and emotion is the least important.
Reflection:
I read the posts by Jayni and Brandon. They are both doing a text based project like me and both are planning to appeal to logos and ethos like me. It seems like they both thought about their genre way more than I have but maybe that's just because I'm used to doing research papers and they're working in genres less familiar to a typical high school student.
Reflection:
I read the posts by Jayni and Brandon. They are both doing a text based project like me and both are planning to appeal to logos and ethos like me. It seems like they both thought about their genre way more than I have but maybe that's just because I'm used to doing research papers and they're working in genres less familiar to a typical high school student.
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