GENRE REMIX ASSIGNMENT

 This is a two-part assignment.

Part 1: Remixed paper (at least 500 words)  

Part 2: Reflection ( at least 500 words)

Step 1:  Pick a new genre for your work.  Youll have to decide what genre is most appropriate for your topic and purpose.  To pick a genre, you want to start by considering who could benefit from your work/message (AUDIENCE). Be specific as you imagine your audience.   Then, think about HOW you could best reach that audience.   Would your audience read a newspaper, listen to speech, receive a letter, etc.?

Choose from one of the following:  

• • a letter
  • a speech
  • an Op-Ed piece for the Post and Courier or other daily or weekly publication
  • a cover letter to a petition for others to sign
  • a wiki entry
  • a mini-TED Talk
  • an advice column letter and response

Step 2:  Do some research (yes, research) about that genre to determine its characteristics and norms.  Youll want to know about the expected format, appropriate tone, and standards of style.  Find some examples of the genre and pay attention to how the author crafts and presents the message.  

Step 3:  Make a plan for how you will convince your new audience of your stance on the topic.  Youll likely use the same sources that you used in the research paper, but recognize that you’ll be using them in different ways. Citation styles might be different, and this audience might be convinced by different types of sources (more emphasis on credible news organizations, less on peer-reviewed journals). Consider the rhetorical strategies that you will use (ethos, logos, pathos, tone, word choice, etc). 

Step 4:  CREATE a new work.  There is room for creativity here.  Explore a new voice and style. 

Step 5: REFLECT :   To go along with your reworked research paper, write a thoughtful and detailed reflection in which you explain the choices you made as you crafted your remix. This is where you are offering an analysis of your own rhetorical choices.  You might even review some of the   

Your reflection should respond to the following questions:  

• 1. Who was the target audience of your Research Remix?  Offer a detailed description of your target audience. You might consider the following: size (a speech to 20 people might differ from a speech written for 1000), location, age, socio-economic status, gender, interests, occupations, etc. 
  2. What was the purpose of the text you produced?
  3. What type of text did you produce for the Research Remix? How was this the best decision in light of your chosen audience and purpose? 
  4. What generic expectations would an audience have of the type of text you chose for the Research Remix? How do you know this?  Describe some of the conventions of the genre (you might have to do a little research and reading).  In what ways did you comply with these expectations? In what ways will you purposely violate these expectations? What did you do? Why?
  5. How do you want your audience to respond to this text you composed for the research remix? What  specific choices did you made to reach your audience?  Point out examples of ethos, logos, pathos, tone, etc.