Analyzing My Genre

In this blog post I will be analyzing a genre that I will be publishing my project in.

Proulx, Phillepe. "Pomme et genre d'abeille". 4/23/2007. Creative Commons.

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Social Context

• Where is the Genre set?

Mainly articles on http://www.studentdoctor.net

• Subject of Genre

This site mainly concerns everything to do with helping students become doctors.

• Who uses Genre?

Anyone who thinks that they can help students become doctors

• When and Why is genre used? What purpose does the genre serve for the people who use it?

This genre is used to help any student get into med school.


Rhetorical Patterns of the Genre

• What type of context is usually included and excluded

There is not a lot of context given because they assume that everyone who is reading in this genre is fairly knowledgable of the medical discipline.

• What rhetorical appeals are usually used?

The medical field is highly reliant on logical thinking. The appeal to logos is used a lot in this genre because people in the medical field like to deal with factual evidence.

• How are the texts organized? Any similarities?

The texts on this sight usually consist of short paragraphs. There is not a lot pictures because it seems like appeal to emotion is not popular in the genre.

• Do sentences in this genre have the same style?

The sentences seem to have the same style. Most of the sentences vary in size which is what a good author does.

• What type of word choice is used?

You could probably consider the word choice as serious and very scientific.

Analyze what Patterns reveal about Genre

• Who does genre include and exclude?

This genre includes students that want to find out more information about the medical field. It also includes MD's who offer expert opinion about various things.

• What roles for writers and readers does genre encourage?

This website offers forums where anyone can post on certain subjects and have people reply to them.

• What values and beliefs are assumed about or encouraged from users of this genre?

This genre is for anyone who wants to go into the medical profession and it can be used to help the do so.

• What content does the genre treat as most valuable?

I don't think that there is one thing that this genre treats as most valuable however they are mainly concerned with helping students become doctors.