1. Getting Started Writing Today Chapters 1,2,3

2. Genre Analyze the rhetorical situation Invent your ideas Organize and draft Choose a style Design the document Revise and edit

3. Writing in Genres What are genres? They are ways of writing and speaking that help people interact and work together. They are ways of writing and speaking that help people interact and work together. They change to suit new social situations and new challenges. They change to suit new social situations and new challenges. They must adapt to your audience. They must adapt to your audience.

4. Genres are flexible To adjust to fit various situations To adjust to fit various situations To evolve to suit various fields To evolve to suit various fields To shape situations and readers To shape situations and readers

5. Genres can be mixed to match. Genres can be mixed to match. Use a memoir to review a book Use a memoir to review a book Use a rhetorical analysis to study a painting Use a rhetorical analysis to study a painting You must define your specific purpose. The genre you choose should influence each stage of your writing process. Content Content Organization Organization Style Style Design Design

6. Using a Writing Process Analyze the rhetorical situation Analyze the rhetorical situation Invent your ideas Invent your ideas Organize and draft your paper Organize and draft your paper Choose an appropriate style Choose an appropriate style Design your document Design your document Revise and edit your work Revise and edit your work

7. Assignment Page 12 Page 12 Talk About This: 1 or 2 Talk About This: 1 or 2 Try This Out: #4 Try This Out: #4

8. Chapter 2 Topic, Angle, Purpose Topic: What am I writing about? (Identify and narrow) Topic: What am I writing about? (Identify and narrow) Angle: What is new or has changed recently about the topic? (Develop) Angle: What is new or has changed recently about the topic? (Develop) Purpose: What should I accomplish? Purpose: What should I accomplish? Refer to figure 2.5 on page 20 Choose the appropriate genre. Choose the appropriate genre. Refer to figure 2.7 on page 23

9. Assignment Page 25 Page 25 Talk About This: 1 and 2 Talk About This: 1 and 2

10. Chapter 3 Readers, Contexts, and Rhetorical Situations Who are my readers? Who are my readers? What are their expectations, needs, wants? What are their expectations, needs, wants? Where will they be reading? Where will they be reading? When will they read? When will they read? Why are they reading? Why are they reading? How will they read it? How will they read it?

11. Consider… Your readers’ values Your readers’ values Personal Personal Social Social Cultural Cultural Attitudes toward you and the issue Attitudes toward you and the issue

12. Analyze the Context Place Place Profile your audience Profile your audience Medium Medium Paper Paper Electronic Electronic Public Public Podcast or video Podcast or video Social and Political Influences Social and Political Influences Social trends Social trends Economic trends Economic trends Political trends Political trends

13. What might affect your topic?

14. Genres and the Rhetorical Situation Topic Topic Angle Angle Purpose Purpose Readers Readers Context Context

15. Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle Speaker Speaker Audience Subject Audience Subject

16. Assignment Page 38 Page 38 Talk About This: 1, 2, and 3 Talk About This: 1, 2, and 3