Genre

Through careful reading of the three articles, I can confidently say that I gained profound knowledge of what genre is. The Bedford Book of Genres defines genre as ,"a compositions kind, category, or sort" (BBG 5). The Bedford Book of Genres describes genre as a broad and often overlapping way of describing something that can have a wide variety of more specific sub-categories. Just as a book is a genre of a composition, and a science fiction book would be the specific category of the genre. Lloyd Blitzer focused on the rhetorical situation in his article, " The Rhetorical Situation". Blitzer defines rhetoric as the ability to communicate effectively with a purpose.Lloyd explains how necessity creates a rhetorical situation, which creates purpose. Dirk Explains how each genre has its own unique formula that makes up the identity of that genre The last genre in which I composed was non-fiction. I composed a personal memoir for my ENC 1101 class about my parents' divorce and how it affected my life. My memoir consisted of first person accounts of my experience, as well as dialogue. My composition also described my thoughts during the experience, as well as my feelings during and after the experience.