Donovan Bailey

 

Annotations

  • “Perhaps the most notable genre of ‘The Onion’ is its headlines.  The purpose of these headlines is simple: to make the reader respond by laughing. While many of the articles are also entertaining, the majority of the humor is produced through the headlines” (page 254).  You should have an exciting title or headline to hook your readers into seeing your work If the reader finds the title uninteresting, they might not read what you have to say.
  • “When people write, they draw on the genres they know, their own context of genres, to help construct their rhetorical action. If they encounter a situation new to them, it is the genres they have acquired in the past that they can use to shape their new action”(page 259). Most of the time people will indeed make their own stories using other genres they know but you could say that’s a good thing because if there weren’t any creative genres that were made by other artists, it would be harder for others to be inspired and make their own writings or music or art.

Navigating Genres

Call me weird, but I would say that video games are a genre I know too well. I’ve been playing video games ever since I was eight playing Sonic 2 on my Nintendo DS. At first, I just thought that video games were just for fun and entertainment, but sometimes there’s always something the developers want to show us whether it could be something in the story or an easter egg which is something the developers purposely hide so that you could find it either through hidden spaces or completing challenges. I do believe that video games are a genre by itself because it has educational purposes depending on what genres of games you play. A story-driven game like Detroit: Become Human or Horizon Zero Dawn could show us what the future for the real world could look like without specifically telling us. It can use metaphors, personification, and questions that you’ll have to answer on your own because you won’t get the answer from the creators unless you look for it. For me, even though I do think that video games are a good genre, I believe that articles and videos would give me the best information I need for my unit 2 assignment. I believe those two genres are my best potential sources for my topic because they can help me find quotes and specific research and other information from other sources to fit into my annotated bibliography. I also think that it will help me with my topic because there has already been a lot of debate about violent video games and real-world violence, so I do think that it will be easier for me to find much sources and information about the topic and see their views on it and what they think about it, whether they hate it or not.