{"id":216,"date":"2022-03-09T20:28:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T01:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/?post_type=chapter&p=216"},"modified":"2022-06-28T20:51:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T00:51:56","slug":"genre","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/writingplace\/chapter\/genre\/","title":{"raw":"Genre","rendered":"Genre"},"content":{"raw":"What do you think of when you hear the word genre? Types of movies? Thrillers, sci-fi, mystery? Or perhaps you think of different categories of music like hip hop, K Pop or heavy metal. It\u2019s true, these are all genres.\r\n\r\nBut, we can also expand our thinking about the word \u201c[pb_glossary id=\"1475\"]genre[\/pb_glossary]\u201d to refer to a shared understanding between writers and readers about how to respond to a situation or context. When we think about genre in this way, the term can include thank you letters, real estate ads, Instagram posts and, you guessed it, academic writing.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"3\"]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe situations you find yourself in give you clues about what genre you should use to respond to them. You\u2019re probably not going to write your next Instagram post with the same language, [pb_glossary id=\"1401\"]tone[\/pb_glossary] and style as your next academic research paper (unless you are doing it for a strategic reason!). You might also want to reconsider writing a message to your professor about why you missed class as if you\u2019re writing a DM to your best friend. In both of these scenarios, you will likely choose the genre that responds to the situation.\r\n\r\n \r\n
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\r\n\r\n\"Willow<\/a>\r\n\r\nDear Willow Tree Outside the Botanical Gardens,\r\n\r\nI\u2019ve missed you very much, my love. I\u2019ve missed the way your body curves, the way you move and dance like a free-spirited hippie. I\u2019ve known you so long, it\u2019s like we grew up together. Like as I learned to walk, you let me walk and play under your canopy. And as I grew, you let me sit and climb on your branches. My whole family loves you. J and I used to climb on your branches together, him higher than me as he is braver and much less afraid of heights. I miss seeing you at our spot, right outside the offices of the botanical gardens where we met and fell in love. You are as gorgeous now as you were then, your dangling leaves like the most beautiful hair draped around you. I hope you miss me as I miss you, and I\u2019m sorry I had to leave you behind. I will never forget you.\r\n\r\nLove always and forever,\r\n\r\nMe.\r\n\r\n
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