Identify and Describe Patterns in the Genre’s Features
- What content is typically included or excluded? How is the content treated? What sorts of examples are used? What counts as evidence (personal testimony, facts, etc.)?
The content typically included a phrase that compares an object to a situation or person. It can have animal references, food references or sexual references. The content is treated as a common way of talking to local people in the southern community. The evidence is the sayings used that are pasted down from generation to generation.
- What rhetorical appeals are used? What appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos appear?
The rhetorical appeal that is used in this genre is the Pathos and Ethos. The sayings that are used are an attempt to make you feel a certain way by placing an image in your head. It is also ethos because the sayings are attempting to convince you that their argument is logical and is the only answer that makes sense.
- How are texts in the genres structured? What are their parts, and how are they organized?
The Genre is not really structured expect for the way the sayings are categorized. They are mostly used as comparison phrases. The parts of the saying include a nouns and verbs and sometimes prepositional phrases.
- In what format are texts of this genre presented? What layout or appearance is common? How long/big is a typical text in this genre?
The format of the texts in the genre are commonly used as sayings in conversation but also can be signs that people hang in their homes. The layout or appearance of the genre is usually written in fancy unique handwriting. The genre is a huge category and there are literally hundreds of examples but the examples are usually short as that are phrases and or sayings.
- What types of “sentences” do texts in the genre typically use? How long are they? Are they simple or complex, passive or active? Are the sentences varied? Do they share a certain style?
The sentences are typically incomplete sentences because they are phrases used to describe something. However there are some sayings that are complete sentences and they are most likely simple sentences with an active voice. Some sayings are passive but most of the time they are showing an action. The common style that they share is the way they compare things.
- What diction is most common? What types of words (or symbols, images, etc.) are most frequent? Is a type of jargon used? Is slang used? How would you describe a typical writer’s tone?
The diction of the sayings is every day language and sometimes slang but it is used casually as colloquial language between the people of the southern community. As mentioned previously most of the sayings use symbols or images or animals, food, or sex. The writers or speakers tone is often playful or not serious but it depends on the context of the situation.
Analyze What These Patterns Reveal About the Situation and Scene
- What do these patterns reveal about the genre, its situation, and the people who use it?
This genre shows that the people who enjoy and practice this genre come from a specific part of the Country and use the sayings to better explain someone or something than they could if they were trying to explain it in length. Shortening an explanation just takes the reader or listener/audience to the point much faster and with a funny unique way.
- How is the subject of the genre treated? What content is considered most important? What content (topics or details) is ignored?
The genre is treated with respect and as a part of every day life style that the south embraces. The content that is considered most important is sayings that are universal and can relate to almost any one. Some important topics are food, people, religion, behavior and family values.
- What values, beliefs, goals, and assumptions are revealed through the genre’s patterns?
The values and beliefs of the genre are revealed in the way the sayings make comparisons and show expectations of family and southern community. The goal is to educate someone by explaining to them what a situation looks like.
- What actions does the genre enable? What actions does the genre constrain??
The genre enables the people of the community to communicate more effectively and make comparisons. However, it restricts the amount people that can engage in the genre because the audience must have a background in the sayings and have learned it before being able to understand it.