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Carissa Nguyen : Navigating Genres

After reading the essay, I learned that genres are not always easily identified because there are so many genres that derive from other genres. I agree with with Miller when she says genres shape our everyday lives because when I think of genres I think of them as different classifications. For example with movies there are so many different genres, such as romance, comedy, and horror. However, sometimes some genres fall very close to one another so it makes it hard to distinguish genres from one another. Another good point that the author made, was the genre of thesis statements. Not everyone will have the same ideas about thesis statements or they were taught differently from their classmates. But I don't think there really is a wrong way of writing a thesis statement there are just various ways that can fall under this genre.

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  1. Megan HellerJanuary 17, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    One thing I have never thought about before is how genre is all around us in the media, in movies, books, and TV shows. Genres can be very much alike, so being specific in your genre choice by focusing on the sub-genres can also help establish similar guidelines used to write.

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