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.)?
Content that is excluded if there are any positive outcomes are to be assumed to follow if the protagonist were to not follow the advice given in the films. The films give the protagonist a slanted or one sided view point what actually may happen if a young person were to learn to navigate the adult world on their own and not make use of the instructions provided in the film.
The films typically include a series of scenes where the protagonist is introduced and placed in a setting where they are forced to engage in a social situation. The narrator then announces to the audience the significance of the actions the protagonist are preforming because they are the actions deemed as correct. If the protagonist is not seen implementing these correct behaviors the audience is then taught how this only harms the protagonist through a demonstration on screen of a negative outcome.
What rhetorical appeals are used? What appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos appear?
The rhetorical appeals used are most definitely these demonstrations of extreme hyperbole. Only if the protagonists followed the instructions presented would their paths lead to success or happiness. The life of the protagonist would take on aspects of what would have been seen a s a idolized life. If the protagonist ever did not do as instructed their actions were literally presented as harshly as possible. The actors purposefully portrayed these characters as immature or rude instead of incredibly likable and polite. The appeal was the hyperbole used when presenting each path and the foreseeable outcomes as such favorable or unfortunate lives.
How are texts in the genres structured? What are their parts, and how are they organized?
There id the introduction of the protagonist followed by the introduction of the social setting, personal responsibility, or societal expectation to be conquered through the use of correct etiquette or a set of beliefs to obtain. We the audience watch the protagonist work their way through the predetermined lesson and see whether they succeed by following the advice voiced in the film or fail by making their own choices.
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 content is primarily presented in short films.
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?
~ [Name] is smart to prepare their outfit the night before
~Lets see [Name] do this again, but this time with more care.
~The way people see you is the way they will perceive you