Make Your Move: Writing in Genres - Writing Spaces

Overview

• Authors: Brad Jacobson, Madelyn Pawlowski, & Christine M. Tardy
• Volume: 4
• Download Link: Make Your Move: Writing in Genres

Chapter Description

• Focus: Introducing students to rhetorical moves analysis as a tool for genre analysis.
• Purpose: To help students understand how writers achieve their goals through various writing strategies within a genre.

Key Concepts

Rhetorical Moves Analysis

• A method used to analyze genres and understand how writers achieve their communicative goals.
• Helps in identifying writing strategies and options available for achieving specific goals within different genres.

Application

• Low-Stakes Genre: Analyzing student absence emails to introduce basic concepts of moves analysis.
• Professional Genre: Examining grant proposals to demonstrate advanced applications of moves analysis.

Objectives

• Familiarization: Help students become adept at using rhetorical moves analysis to understand and engage with new genres.
• Practicality: Equip students with tools and strategies to effectively analyze and write in various genres.

Additional Resources

• Alternate Downloads available from:
  • Parlor Press
  • WAC Clearinghouse

Publication Information

• Published by Writing Spaces in partnership with Parlor Press and WAC Clearinghouse.
• Year: 2025
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