Herustic 2 continuation of topic 1

Identify and Describe Patterns in the Genre’s Features

1. 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 included is these short stories that are supposed to be cute morals to the story. For example humpty dumpty is themed to “not sit atop the wall.” Or little miss muffet is “ do not be picky with your food” it demonstrates discipline in a childs life while being fun

2. What rhetorical appeals are used? What appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos appear?

… I suppose if these nursery rhymes appeal to the pathos and ethos as it for the hidden meaning/origin behind the stories tell a history of a dark past. The other teaches valuable lessons, both depend on ethics and emotion in order to connect to its audience. One to tell history the other to train the kid to be disipine.

How are texts in the genres structured? What are their parts, and how are they organized?

… Very short, rhymes, very simplistic style, not a lot of complex wording or structure. Statement based

3. 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?

… presented in short story/song format. Typically

4. 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?

… short compact sentences that rhymed,

5. 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?

… simplistic wording s most common

 

Analyze What These Patterns Reveal About the Situation and Scene

1. What do these patterns reveal about the genre, its situation, and the people who use it?

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• What do participants have to know or believe to understand or appreciate the genre?

… they believe that these stories teach a lesson

• Who is invited into the genre, and who is excluded??

… historians, children, people of the past. Casual readers are discouraged

• What roles for writers and readers does it encourage or discourage?
• The reading level most nursery rhymes and simple plot resolutions discourages most casual readers due to the lack of challenge or complication the piece lacks

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2. What can you learn about the actions being performed through the genre by observing its language patterns?

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• How is the subject of the genre treated? What content is considered most important? What content (topics or details) is ignored?

…used to teach kids. content that is most important is those who have a moral ending. Those that have no purpose are not used to teach kids

• What values, beliefs, goals, and assumptions are revealed through the genre’s patterns?

…  values beliefs consist of right and wrong, greed and sharing, mean and nice ect….

• What actions does the genre enable? What actions does the genre constrain??

… genre enables the action for taught morals, restrains creative outlook of what good vs evils complexity are.