genres

Examples of genres in the following topics:

• Introduction to Writing in Business

  • Each genre of business writing carries its own conventions of organization, voice, and audience.
  • Some of the writing genres you will encounter in the business world include the following: resumes and cover letters, proposals, instructions, business and sales letters, emails, business plans, case analyses, memoranda, performance reviews, and professional biographies.
  • The audiences and purposes will vary with each type of writing (and even within genres themselves).

• Writing in Different Academic Disciplines

  • Academic writing in a college setting can generally be divided into three main categories or genres: writing in the humanities, writing in the sciences, and writing in business.
  • Each genre has its own specific requirements in terms of style, content, and format.
  • In each genre, the writing focuses on informing readers of new discoveries and assisting them in discovering truth through facts and firm, detailed data.
  • This type of writing is generally concise and includes genres such as lab reports and reviews of scientific literature.

• Basic Principles of Academic Writing

  • "Academic writing" is a broad term that covers a wide variety of genres across disciplines.
  • Having a specific, "real" audience will help you engage more directly with the reader and adapt to the conventions of writing in any given genre.

• Explaining the Stakes and the Consequences

  • If you identify aspects such as the work's genre, themes, influences, and political or aesthetic context, you can find academic articles that deal with these issues more generally, and apply their ideas to your specific topic.
  • For instance, let's say you want to write about Jennifer Egan's creative approach to form and genre.
  • Given this information, you could look for: scholarly writing about genre in contemporary literature; articles and books that deal with the boundaries between novels and short stories; writing about postmodern literature; and accounts of postmodernism's legacy and successors.
  • Journals in fields like film and tv studies, media and communications studies, interdisciplinary studies, and genre studies may provide helpful commentary on that question.

• Introduction to Writing in the Humanities

  • Often, students will be asked to combine the analytical and theoretical genres: to write a paper interpreting a specific text or film through the lens of a particular theory or theoretical text.

• Making Connections Across Disciplines

  • Each chapter will highlight the unique features that separate these genres and give practical examples of how each uses writing to achieve goals.