John Patella

UWRT 1102 MW
Professor Intawiwat
September 2, 2015

Exploring Genre

What is writers voice?

The writers voice is basically the style the author uses. It is their own way of writing
literature.

Why write in different genres? What type of (genre) of writing will you be doing:
-in school
-in your career
-other
Writing in multiple genres gives you an open mind on which genre you need for different
pieces of work. Depending on what your purpose is in the writing, different genres help get your
point across, whether it is persuasive, informative, a report, etc.
In school Ive wrote narratives, essays, speeches and schedules. My career path right
now is accounting and Ill use finance reports.

In your major- what style are you supposed to use?

Accounting along with most business administration majors, use APA and Chicago style
of writing.

What is rhetorical situation?

Rhetorical situation refers to the decision to choose a purpose of the writing and the
audience.
1. What genre do you most often write in?

John Patella
UWRT 1102 MW
Professor Intawiwat
September 2, 2015
The genre I write in the most would have to be texting. I text my friends, parents, and
girlfriend throughout the day.
2. What is your purpose?
My purpose in texting is just to stay in contact with the person and have a good social
life that makes me feel whole.
2.

Do you think of your audience?

Yes, Im directly speaking to them. Example: If im talking to my parents, I write with

better grammar and am more serious. When I text my friends I joke around while being more
laid back.
3.

Where do you go for evidence?

If Im writing a research paper I usually use the internet or books from the library. An

example for texting would be to take a screenshot for evidence and send it to the person Im
trying to prove a point to that maybe doesnt believe me.
4.

Do you use prewriting techniques?

Yes, I usually make an outline, that seems to be the most useful prewriting technique for

me. Sometimes Ill make a bubble map depending on what type of paper it is.
5.

Short Paragraph:
My expectations in this class is to make writing easier to conduct. I need to work on my

grammar and sentence structures, but primarily I want to become more comfortable in writing
different genres for school and my future career. Along with writing, I expect to be able to read
and comprehend a piece of literature better, so writing a report comes more natural.
5.

Text Message: Im expecting to come out of this class being able to write better than I did

coming into it. I need to learn to understand readings better to make writing a paper easier. Im

John Patella
UWRT 1102 MW
Professor Intawiwat
September 2, 2015
expecting to learn some about Harry Potter now that I got put into Ravenclaw or whatever its
called.
How do they differ?
They honestly dont differ too much. I dont text in a lot of slang or write u
instead of you or wryd instead of What are you doing?. The text had an expectation that
isnt a key purpose of the class when I talked about Harry Potter. I dont pay attention to
punctuation as much in texting or trying to sound smart by putting bigger words.