Question 4: Assessment Activity

I will be comparing and contrasting the two genres of critical analyses and ethnography.

These two different genres are very similiar.Both genres require to pick a topic of most interest. For example, i chose band geeks as my subculture for my ethnography paper and chose the strange picture of a cat for my analyses paper. With these two genre's I had to a complilation of research and analyses. Being a band geek for four years in high school, i was constantly surrounded by the environment and knew very well as to style, personality, or category of all "band geeks". As for my critical analyses paper, i found a picture i had never seem before, examined it. According to the meaning of each of these papers an ethnography is way for the author to form his own personal definition abuot a certain topic. As for a critical analyses paper, it is the author's job to take apart his topic in an orderly fashion, discuss and create reasoning, etc, etc. For both genres, it is important to consider the audience as having no idea what the author is talking about. Thus, it is up to the other to formulate a clear and concise idea that most of the audience can hopefully agree to or relate to.

Question 3: Assessment activity

Once again, i will use my ethnography as my example for i believe i followed the genre quite nicely.

I believe that this particular genre of a paper didn't have any real strict boundaries to abide by. As long as you bestowed sufficient background information in order to get the audience up to par and supported your opinions or "definitions" realistically and logically, you really couldn't go wrong with this assignment. This genre of a paper was meant for the writer to become closer to a human subculture and explain not necessarily judgements, but a defintion of an opinion the writer has in his subculture.

Question 2: assessment activity

I will be using my subculture paper as the prime example for this particular question.

For this paper, it was my mission to interpret my own definition of a subculture within our American society and i chose to talk about band geeks. The language i used was that of a sarcastic or "kinda poking fun" type of matter. A nice example would have to be the quote that created to match the illustration in which i used for this paper, "These band geeks live, eat, sleep, and could possibly die along side their instruments" Obviously, "...could possibly die along side their instruments" is a hyperbole but is based upon good terms in order to describe to people who not as familiar with the term "band geek" as i shamefully am.

On terms of describing my definition of band geek, i think i did very well. Without just rambling on about my own personal opinions about band geeks, i used my firsthand experience being in marching band for four years as a way to support my facts. Plus, i the color of my language helped as well.

My use of tone for this paper is quite comedic and very informal - like your typical high school newspaper submission. I believe that my style of language helped create many vivid images within the reader's head - enough so that the reader could get the main point of my definition.

In organizing the text, i organized my paragraphs of this particular paper the same as I do all my other papers: least important details first then slowly make it to the important facts at the end - it's always important to have a strong ending. As for my topic sentences, i just tried to include all the main points within a particular paragraph. I personally think my thesis statement is pretty good: "Band geeks are musically talented people within tight knit, social groups who have a vast variety of personalities spoken through distinct fashionable trends.

In general, as a definition paper it is up to the writer to make his own clear defintion because the audience he may be writing to may not know anything or may know everything about a particular topic so its up to the writer to provide enough background information and strong facts etc, etc.

Question 1: assessment activity

When it comes to the meaning of "genre", it all depends in the matter of context in which one is writing. Lets take this class's use of blogger.com - such a system is it's own genre. This particular genre requires the simplest form of babbling and whatnot. The main conern in how a genre is formulated is very dependent on the particular audience. Whether one is discussing an analyses over a newly discovered scientific phenominon or whether a student is just sharing a poem he has written to his class, either of these writers wrote their assignments according to the requirements of his audience. Different genres may require different tones, different information, different requirements, etc, etc. But as long as one appeals to the audience with the correct supporting and strong information, a particular genre is endless.

The "Izz" Zone

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as grand as Sparta and as boisterous as thunder. It is the battle field between green and white, bewteen human and student, and it lies between the bench of Tom Izzo, and the court of his team. This is the dimension of Sparticus. It is an area which we call........ THE IZZ ZONE!

Article

http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1004/coheedcomic.shtml

so my computer is being a dope and this is the best i can do with the link to my article.

But anyhoot, this is not what my topic is going to be, but it has to deal with the same band just a different aspect.

I would describe this article as doing a decent job in making cut.
For one thing, i believe this is a credible source.
- it is a music based website with plenty of reviews on plenty of musical groups.

- It even has search box for viewers to be able to find particle articles

- I don't believe there is any bull crap within this article...the critic (Emblo Blake) proclaims within his article that he read Coheed and Cambria's comic book(s). No way is he fudging his review.

- the website is particularly credible for it has a "rights reserved" caption at the bottom.

- he ddesn't get into too much detail about the comics so that his article doesn't sound fabricated or just straight from the "inside cover" or "the back of the comic".

- I truly believe this Emblo Blake character for he talks about how coheed and cambria's book(s) have turned him "eh" towards coheed to bewildered (in a good way). He wants to come back for more.

- He gave nice detail about the comic books and to the connection to coheed's music, but not so much that he gave the idea away.

important paper components

The key features for analyzing a particular text or everday way of living is to provide a summary, to show close attention to the context, to lead your audience to a clear intrepretation as to what a certain creator is trying to convey, and to have reasonable support for the conclusions that you have made through such interpretations. Be sure to think about the topic you are analyzing about for you may have to write in a different tone in order to interest the reader. Following the idiot's guide is important because it keeps the ideas of the paper in a smart order in order to keep the audience interested and focused. You don't want to make the audience feel dumb but you want the audience to have a clearer understanding as to what is being interpreted. Research is important depending on the topic of analyses, although to have past information could be a helpful tool for backing up your own interpretation. I think you should really focus on conveying your personal interpretation but back it up with probable cause. Do NOT just focus on the critique portion of the paper. Consider what others may think, etc, etc.