Category: Wk 9: Enacting Genres

What makes genres so special in writing? What does it have to do with writing and why is it important to know the different definition?

Everyday we partake in Discourse communities without knowing. Here are examples in which people can participate in every day.

Genre and lexis are important tools to use within a discourse community, and identifying them and knowing how to use them will help with communication.

Within discourse communities, familiar recurring scenarios occur to which members expect a common / typified response AKA genres.

Knowing genre is more than knowing its structure or form; it means knowing specific language, rules, and goals of communication in a setting.

What is a genre? What is a discipline? What you might immediately think defines a genre is much different in the writing world.

Amy J. Devitt has given the word genre a new meaning for her discourse community of writing scholars. This is why I agree with this lexis

What Amy J. Devitt’s new concept of a genre is and how I agree with it because of the way it impacts individuals writing pieces.

To most, the word “genre” means a specific classification, when discussing discourse communities however, it means something else entirely.