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Navigating Genres

Camilla Chavez ENC2135

In the essay, “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk I recognized a correlation between this essay and “Shitty First Drafts.” They both make their audience feel better towards writing and give guidelines that will help students begin their paper. In this essay Dirks purpose was to demonstrate and thoroughly explain genres and show to students how it can be applied into their writing. Dirk uses a controversial tone, which allows the readers to see how a professional writer is struggling in writing to composition students. Dirk states that genres can be in the same genre but can have different story lines, this is what confuses several writers. This allows a composition to be able to fit into many different categories as well. I learned that genres can help tremendously when writing and that they help the essay make sense. Not only did I learn about genres and the effect they have on papers, but I learned that when writing the writer must think about how they want their audience to respond to the text.
 

     

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  1. Sophia FundoraJanuary 18, 2018 at 7:37 AM

    Camilla, I also noted the similarities between "Navigating Genres" and "Shitty First Drafts" in terms of writing style and the topic being addressed. Like you, I thought that Dirk really highlighted the importance of genres, with their ability to make our writing much easier to compose and and elicit desired responses. I also thought that Dirk saw writing as a vessel to deliver the messages of a writer to an audience.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 18, 2018 at 8:43 AM

    The similarities between shitty first drafts and navigating genres are prominent. They both speak on the initial reactions and how to start a good essay. Professional writers have trouble making great products and the way he writes his essay I agree shows this.

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  3. Katherine KumpfJanuary 18, 2018 at 9:34 AM

    I also thought that this essay taught writers that when writing, to think about how the audience will respond to the text. It is smart to write in a way that a specifically targeted audience will respond positively. There is definitely similarities between "Shitty First Drafts" and "Navigating Genres" as both authors share their ways of writing, and how they put together compositions.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 18, 2018 at 11:29 AM

    Yes, both pieces were definitely similar in the sense that they both reassure the audience that even professional writers sometimes struggle with their work. I didn't realize just how many genres a piece can fall into, let alone how many things define the genre of a piece.

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  5. Mia PermuyJanuary 18, 2018 at 11:42 AM

    After reading Dirk's essay, I also learned that having extensive knowledge on genres allows you to expand your writing to make it more appealing to the readers. I agree that the audience places a very important role when writing and is important to keep in mind.

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