For Project 2, you will remix your Genre Analysis Essay from Project 1 into a new genre. The new genre should have a clear audience and purpose.
Your new genre must:
include writing (i.e. it cannot be a visual-only genre),
include a design or visual element,
be written to a clear and logical audience,
be written for a clear and logical purpose,
have a different audience than your initial paper, and
be printable and able to be displayed on a tri-fold poster (i.e. no videos).
Let's say that your Genre Analysis paper was on GymTok tutorial videos (for example: videos on TikTok showing people how to lift weights).
Original Paper:
Genre: academic analysis essay
Audience: Your professor (primary audience) and classmates (secondary audience)
Purpose: To inform your reader about your chosen genre and analyze the genre
Example Remix:
Genre: Fitness magazine article
Audience: General adult audience who reads this fitness magazine
Purpose: To inform the reader about the benefits and possible drawbacks of GymTok instructional videos.
This remix would include information about the genre and typically what is expected in the genre (i.e. conventions, but consider your audience and what word choices would actually be used in this case). Additionally, since this is an article for a fitness magazine, the article would have some point that it's making about these GymTok videos, like whether they are helpful or how they are changing how people learn fitness, etc.
Some possible genres, depending on your paper choice, audience, and purpose:
Quick Reference Guide on how to create effective GymTok instructional videos
Newspaper or magazine article
Online article*
Infographic on how to create effective GymTok instructional videos
wikihow webpage*
This list of example genres is not exhaustive. If you are unsure if a genre will work, please ask! Just make sure that it allows for you to remix the information from your Genre Analysis Essay, can be printed out and displayed on a tri-fold poster, and includes design elements.
* Note: you will not be creating these online, but instead creating a printable document that is designed and written like this genre.
Can I reuse information from Project 1 for this?
Yes! Project 2 should use the information from your Genre Analysis Essay as a starting place for the remix.
Can I add something to my remix that wasn’t in my Project 1?
Also yes! Depending on your new genre, you may need to add additional information.
Size and Format: Use a tri-fold poster board to create this display. (It will need to stand on its own, so a normal poster board will not work).
Length: The Genre Remix should be roughly the expected length of the new genre. Also make sure to choose a genre that allows you to get into enough details to truly remix the ideas from Project 1 (i.e. a short infographic or short news article won't be enough).
Software: You may use PowerPoint, Canva, Adobe Illustrator, or any design software you are comfortable with to create your remix.
Citations: Include any necessary citations for images or sources used on the poster (in small text at the bottom of the poster).
AI Statement of Use: Include a small AI Statement of Use at the bottom of your poster (I recommend to the far left or far right bottom) for any GenAI assistance.
Content: Does the Genre Remix clearly connect to the information from your Genre Analysis Essay? Does Genre Remix clearly demonstrate the new genre and audience and a purpose?
Genre conventions (written): Does the Genre Remix demonstrate the expected conventions of the new genre? i.e. does is sound like a magazine article? (or whatever genre was chosen)
Genre conventions (visual): Does the remix include visual design/elements? Does that design effectively demonstrate the expected conventions of the new genre? i.e. Does it look like a magazine article? (or whatever genre was chosen)
Design Principles: Are design principles such as contrast, balance, typography, shape, line, and hierarchy applied in a way that promotes readability and supports the content of the poster?
Poster Design: Is the poster layout clear and easy to follow? Does the design of the poster fit the topic/genre/community? (for example: do the font and color choices fit the topic?)
Requirements & Guidelines: all other assignment requirements and guidelines are followed and met.
✔+ (3/3) All the above criteria are met. The project is well-designed, visually well-organized, covers the required content well, and demonstrates a clear understanding genre, audience, purpose, and visual rhetoric.
✔ (2/3) The project generally meets the criteria but is missing one requirement or two requirements are slightly missed.
✔– (1/3) Two to three requirements are missing.
No Credit (0/3) The project is missing four or more requirements and/or substantially does not meet the requirements for the assignment.