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Social Context
- This genre is typically set in magazines and journals.
- The subject of the genre is specific to the individual letters, but a clear format is usually followed.
- Individuals and organized groups of people typically use this genre.
- This genre is used as a form of communication like talking on the phone and also to address a group of people or subject of issue.
Rhetorical Patterns of the Genre
- The type of content included is specific to the purpose of the letter. Usually opinions and personal thoughts are included across the board.
- Pathos would be the rhetorical appeal most commonly used because it is personal.
- Letters start with "Dear..." and then are divided into separate paragraphs like an essay. They are signed at the bottom.
- Sentence pattern is specific to who is writing the letter and what they are writing about.
- Conversational, casual word choice is commonly used in letters, so slang could easily be included. However, it could get more formal depending on the purpose of the letter.
Rhetorical Pattern Analysis
- The genre includes whoever the letter is addressed to.
- It encourages personal expression and opinions for other writers.
- Values of this genre could be to respect others' beliefs but still forming responses to them.
- Forming responses to others' opinions is the most valuable while respecting them is the least valuable.
Reflection
This is an interesting genre to be writing in. It sounds like you have a good grasp on what it is and how to use it. My only question is: do these letters have to be responding to a previous article? Or can they just be somewhat relevant to what the magazine/journal writes on?
ReplyDeleteI know that you shared in class today, and you were talking about the issues with a letter to the editor. I like the concept of an open letter, which is sort of what your Zuckerberg example was like. Letters to the editor, as you mentioned, are more of a critical response to an article the newspaper or magazine posted before. Letters to the editor are also usually extremely short, but I don't know how much of an issue that is.
ReplyDeleteEven though yours seemed very simple and straightforward, you seem to have it put together in the way that you're going to set it up rhetorically. I like how you broke apart the letter into separate components and described how and why. I never looked into a letter so thoroughly prior to reading her blog post. However, I noticed that you accomplish a very successful method and genre in creating your argument. My own post seems to be detailed in the same sense as your because we both are choosing simple genres, but we are both going to effective description.
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