I found chapter 10 to be very informative about constructing a multi genre project. I have been confused about what to do for the upcoming project, and chapter 10 definitely cleared up some confusion. It states that a multi genre project is a collection of three or more genre compositions composed around one single topic. It goes through all the steps of forming a project. Steps like, introducing the project and providing context, making sure to sequence the genre pieces, title, create a statement, and making the project creatively. It provides three different examples of multi genre projects from other students. These projects helped provide ideas that I could do for my project. When creating my project I plan to follow the steps the chapter provided to make sure my project is complete and addresses all aspects of a multi genre project.
Throughout chapter 1 of “The Bedford Book of Genres,” I learned that there are a variety of ways to improve one’s writing. Several writers tend to get carried away while writing that they forget who their audience is and what message they are trying to deliver. This is when one must ask themselves what their purpose of writing is, do they want to present a narrative/ tell a story, inform, or persuade. After figuring out ones purpose they must choose a genre to be able to shorten their idea and be concise. In order for this to occur one must know the basic qualities and agreed-upon rules about the genre they are composing. Once one makes those decisions they move on to the rhetorical situation which mainly explains the idea. This allows the writer to provide support on their purpose such as saying what is great about it or provide statistics, which will automatically make their writing more interesting for the audience to read, as well as, get t...
Breaking down the steps to a multigenre project was, for me, the most helpful part of this chapter so that I could use these steps in Project 3.
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