multigenre investigations by ryan and melisa perlman
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Multigenre Multigenre InvestigationsInvestigations
Multigenre Multigenre InvestigationsInvestigations
by Ryan and Melisa Perlmanby Ryan and Melisa Perlmanby Ryan and Melisa Perlmanby Ryan and Melisa Perlman
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Multigenre pushes convention,challenges "This is the way writing is done,"and "Hey, wait a minute, you can't do thatin a piece of writing."
Multigenre speaks, "How come I read imaginativeliterature but I have to write about it in an essaythat is thesis driven, argumentative, and exactlyfive you-know-whats (each you-know-what, of course,of the 3.8 variety), an essay in which the writeroverpowers readers, beats theminto submission, and concludeswith a summative you-know-what that restates the thesis?" Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But writing that way is not what multigenre is about. Multigenre removes the lid of Pandora's Rhetorical Box.Multigenre twirls you and spins you and you hope the stepsthe writer asks you to follow lead to fulfillment. Multigenre knows that feeling is first. Multigenre grooves on pulse, has flushed cheeks,hair on the back of the neck that stands on end. Multigenre makes readers sit up in their chairs. Multigenre is not roast beef; it is ciappino. It is less like mashed potatoes,and more like red beans and rice.
A poem by Tom Romano, the multigenre guru
So what is “multigenre”?So what is “multigenre”?So what is “multigenre”?So what is “multigenre”?
“A multigenre paper is composed of many genres and subgenres, each piece self-contained, making a point of its own, yet connected by theme or topic and sometimes by language, images and content. In addition to many genres, a multigenre paper may also contain many voices, not just the author's. The trick is to make such a paper hang together.”
~ Tom Romano, from Bending Genre, Altering Style
Why Use Multigenre?Why Use Multigenre?Why Use Multigenre?Why Use Multigenre?
Taps into student creativity and imagination
Uses analysis and synthesis skills
Exercises multiple intelligences
Promotes intellectual curiosity
Expands a student’s comfort zone
Meets standards in writing, reading, and research
Taps into student creativity and imagination
Uses analysis and synthesis skills
Exercises multiple intelligences
Promotes intellectual curiosity
Expands a student’s comfort zone
Meets standards in writing, reading, and research
What Constitutes What Constitutes Multigenre?Multigenre?
What Constitutes What Constitutes Multigenre?Multigenre?
Almost anything that requires writing:Poetry and songs
Journals, diary entries, blogs, tweets,
Short Stories
Resumes
Pamphlets
Transcripts
Letters
Greeting cards, postcards,
Picture books, comics, storyboards
Charts and graphs
Magazine, tv, radio, internet advertisement
Receipts, To Do lists, How-to
Almost anything that requires writing:Poetry and songs
Journals, diary entries, blogs, tweets,
Short Stories
Resumes
Pamphlets
Transcripts
Letters
Greeting cards, postcards,
Picture books, comics, storyboards
Charts and graphs
Magazine, tv, radio, internet advertisement
Receipts, To Do lists, How-to
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