Writing About Genre

Catalog description

Applying rhetorical theories and methods to various genres of writing, using rhetorical perspectives to analyze genres and produce texts. Examples might include speeches, memoirs, web sites, email, visual texts, editorials, and reviews, etc. The focus is on how different genres make persuasive appeals given their rhetorical situations and history. Engages students in formal and informal writing, writing to learn, critical reading, and critical thinking.