Possible Genre Topics

Topic #1-Book Genre's

1)Example: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Fantasy

2)Setting: You can find books online, but most commonly you would read a book in print, actually in your hands.

3)Subject: The subject(s) of books are numerous. There is no limitation to the subject possible in a book.

4)Participants:
a) Writers: Anyone can write a book, it just takes an inspiration and dedication.
b) Audience: People in general. Anyone can read a book, you just need to be able to read!

5)Motives:
a) The writer would be motivated to write for a number of reasons. It could be that the writer has something important to convey through his writing, or perhaps to give inspiration to possible readers to do something, and of course, writers write to make money.

b) The audience would read to pass the time, enjoyment, or perhaps the book was recommended by a friend. Entertainment is the usual reason for reading. People also read for information.

6)Patterns in the genre:
I would have to pick one specific genre within the entirety of possible genre found in books in order to describe a specific pattern. So, for an example, Murder/Mystery novels. In a Murder/Mystery novel: there is a criminal, usually someone introduced early in the book but unidentified as the murderer; there is the murdered; and there is the person(s) who finds out who done it! That is a vague description of a pattern found in a Murder/Mystery novel.

7)Analyzing Patterns in Genre:
I will diffidently analyze the genre of my chosen genre found in books, but to do that I would need to have a specific genre to analyze. I would break it down as you have it outlined. I have some questions about how to go about doing that.

Topic #2-Poetry
1)Example: Haiku, Ballad, Sonnet, The Ode, Stream of Consciousness

2)Setting: You read poems in books, magazines, the Newspapers, and online.

3)Subject: There is not a specific subject that all poems follow or that is even really attributable to poetry in a broad manner. However, poetry such as love poems, the subject would be about love.

4)Participants:
a) Writers: Anyone can write a poem.
b) Audience: Everyone is included within the audience. There are sometimes specific audiences that a specific poem may be targeting, but there is not a specific audience for every kind of poem, other than humans.

5)Motives:
a) The writer would be motivated to write for many reasons. To write about love, what he/she sees in a painting or a scene in a restaurant. Inspiration for writing poetry comes from any and all sources. The writer may want to convey an emotion or bring the reader into a scene or to a place only found within the writers mind.

b) The audience reads poetry for enjoyment. It makes the reader feel a certain way, makes them happy or sad, angry, elated, etc. Or perhaps the reader appreciates art, and sees poetry as art, and wishes only to witness human creativity and finds satisfaction from that.

6)Patterns in Genre:
There are patterns attributed to every form of poetry, in fact, that is how poetry is defined, by analyzing the patter in the way it is written.

7)Analyzing Patterns in Genre:
Every poem can be analyzed categorically. You would analyze the poem based on what kind of pattern was associated to each category of poetry. Haiku's would be categorized because of the syllables in each sentence of the Haiku. I would then analyze the Haiku based on the content of the poem, the ordering of the words, the kinds of language used, etc.

Rhetorica Reading

Shane Brabant
Rhetorica Reading
Eng 100 Tu-Th 4:00-5:20
Anicca Cox
3-1-10

I found the reading to be extremely vague. The concepts outlined in this reading are very complex and in this reading they are not explained in a way that I can understand them. I am taking Logic this semester and the information outlined in this reading are very similar to some of the information we are going over in class. We outlined what an argument was, what a rhetorical syllogism is, as well as the forms arguments come in. I have a hard time with the language of logic. Syllogism, rhetoric and enthymeme are examples of words that I just cant seem to get the hang of. Their meaning eludes me, even though I am in logic class and I really need to understand what they mean.

The different forms an argument comes in was a new thing for me this semester. Inductive, deductive and narrative were all new things for me. I am currently studying inductive and deductive arguments, how to identify them, how to use them, how to analyze them. It is all very interesting but extremely convoluted and complex. I am having difficulty with my logic class.

The terms Ethos, Logos and Pathos were familiar terms, but their exact meaning is hard for me to keep straight and understand. I find dissecting language in this was to be extremely interesting but I do not always understand how to dissect our language. I would like to be able to have a better understanding of these three elements of logic so that I can better converse with classmates and teachers about their meaning and uses.

I am wondering if anyone else in my group, or the class as a whole, is having trouble understanding the above concepts. I would like to hear from them about how they understand logos, pathos and ethos and what ways they were able to conceptualize the concepts. If they don't understand then maybe we can work together on finding a way to understand them.