Research Process

 Entry 59:

Reflection

Topic: Research Process

    It is nearing the end of the semester, so I would like to reiterate some research processes. Now, everyone has their own method and uses different databases. I choose to research and find articles based on their abstract to make sure they are going to fit my topic before I waste time reading 5+ pages to realize that my topic is barely mentioned in all of the work I plan on reading. I like to make sure that my topic is highly talked about in the abstract and introduction so that I know it is fitting. I also take notes and then read it over again while working so that I can make sure everything sounds like a scholar wrote it, or at least a somewhat decent researcher. This outcome is very important when you are writing, no matter the class or topic. Research is everywhere so knowing how to do it properly is very important.

Reflective Interaction

 Entry 55:

Reflection

Topic: Reflective Interaction

    In this course, we have gotten to interact with several of our peers. We got to give them feedback and interact with a lot of their work as they got to do with ours as well. This is a good way to help students, reflect on mistakes and errors of their own and see what they can help other students correct or praise as well. This is a course outcome that has been worked on throughout several projects. 

Multimodal Design

 Entry 54:

Reflection

Topic: Multimodal Design

    Upon first hearing and learning about multimodal designs, I was insanely confused as to what exactly this was. Now, I have a better understanding as I work on project 3. This is one of many course outcomes we have been working on all semester and it is important to know that there are several ways to do one. Most of my confusion on the topic was that there was only one specific way to do this when in reality, there are several ways to do one. Sometimes, asking for help is what you need to do. 

Genre Conventions

 Entry 16: 

Research, Reflections

Topic: Genre Conventions

What are genre conventions? 

    Genre conventions are story elements, all the little things that allow us to distinguish what the genre is. Each genre has specific story elements that allow the readers to distinguish what genre they are reading, this is a genre convention (the elements, structures, formulas). A way to figure out what the genre of something is, figure out the story (action), plot, character, and the setting- this should tell you the genre. 

    Each genre imposes certain conventions, the choice determines what is possible to do within the story. That means that there will be conventional settings, events and roles specific to the genre. Genre has visceral appeal to its readers/audience. 

This picture gives an example of genre conventions. 

In this link: writingstudio, they talk about conventional settings, events and roles in the crime genre.     Further explaining genre conventions: 

Conventional settings: the setting of the murder will have its particular characteristics.

Conventional events: there must be a crime

Conventional roles: there will be a detective character that discovers clues and suspects 

(Dercksen,Daniel).

This is important because if someone is writing they should know their audience and what genre they are writing about. Making sure to follow exactly what their genre typically contains. As writers there is a wide range of genres, knowing the differences and the characteristics of genres is a key factor to success.