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In her\u00a0essay “Navigating Genres”, author Kerry Dirk breaks down the word “genre” and re-defines it through the use of examples, quotes, and humorous comparisons. \u00a0Since the essay’s primary audience is students,\u00a0Dirk utilizes a conversational tone with the reader, which makes it both easy to read and understand. \u00a0While using this tone, she starts off her\u00a0essay by making a\u00a0comparison to country music. \u00a0She explains how every country song loosely follows the same kind of format, which is a basic way of introducing the idea of a genre. \u00a0She then goes on to talk about how\u00a0genres are actually much more than just a “fill-in-the-blank” type of tool, and that the actual definition of genre is much more expansive. (Dirk, page 250). \u00a0She describes how genres are also dependent upon the audience of the writing and the expected response from the reader. \u00a0According to Dirk, “…we choose between horror movies and chick flicks not only because we are familiar with their forms but because we know what response they will elicit from us…” (Dirk, page 254). \u00a0She also provides a list of headlines from the fictitious\u00a0newspaper, The Onion,<\/em> in order to demonstrate\u00a0how they were engineered to be informative but also produce laughter from the reader. \u00a0In order to further help the reader understand, Dirk creates a scenario where she’s kidnapped someone’s daughter and she wants to write a ransom note. \u00a0She creates three ransom notes, but the clear and most obvious choice is\u00a0the note that elicits a frightful and urgent response from the reader. \u00a0After she’s finished giving all of her\u00a0examples, Dirk ends the essay by giving some advice\u00a0to the reader for future writings about how to effectively use genres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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