This assignment asks you to look at multiple examples of writing within a genre

you are not yet a participant in. To do this, will look at three sources that share a genre and use them to deduce some of the rules and expectations of that shape them. Your task in this essay is to address a series of questions about genre you're studying. You will not produce an essay, but you will write a series of well-crafted and carefully considered paragraphs. Avoid producing a list of answers to the individual questions. You should instead use the set of questions to produce a single unified response to the prompt.

None of these prompts can be addressed with a single sentence, or even a couple of sentences. Your answers should be thoughtful and well-developed. Use quotations as needed to help a reader understand your analysis or to support claims you've made.

SCOPE: o The assignment must draw upon all three examples of the genre. o The assignment must answer all of the questions listed below.

LENGTH: o The writing in the answers you provide should total between 700 and

800 words. FORMATTING:

o This assignment is not an essay. o Include a prompt from this assignment in your document, and then

respond to it in one or more paragraphs. Repeat as necessary. LANGUAGE AND STYLE:

o The paragraphs in this assignment must be composed using formal, academic writing.

o Direct quotation is required. Quotes must be integrated into your own sentences.

o This document should be formatted in either MLA or APA style. RESEARCH:

o No research is required for this assignment. o No sources beyond the three genre examples and A Canadian Writer's

Reference are allowed.

Genre Analysis Questions: 1. What is this genre concerned with? That is, what kind of subject matter do all

of the examples deal with? What is the genre doing with this subject matter (introducing, explaining, analyzing, arguing, etc.)?

What is the goal of this genre? When and why is the genre used by its community?

How is the genre presented? What structural or organizational elements appear throughout the examples? What are those features helping the writers accomplish?

How is the essay written at the sentence level? Are the sentences complex or simple? Are they long or short? What kind of specialized language do you see?

Who is the audience for these documents? What do they seem to know? What do they seem to expect? How have the answers to the previous prompts led you to these conclusions?

How accessible is this genre to a young writer? What things would a young writer have to be careful of when attempting to join this community? How would they begin preparing to write within this genre? https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-meaning-of-hitler-movie-review-2021 *PLEASE READ ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS AND READ ARTICLE*