Mallory

Genre Translation Prewriting

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Mar 192019
 

Mallory Guillaume

March 20, 2019

ENC-3310

Genre Translation Prewriting

 

 

  • Former Disney Stars Gone Bad!

 

    • Growing up we all loved watching those reality Disney Channel shows and movies, from That’s so Raven, Hannah Montana, to High School Musical. Many were admired and even considered to be role models, but sadly a few of our beloved actors/ actresses has taken a twisted turn for the worst such as Lindsay Lohan, Miley Cyrus, and a recently surfaced actor Kyle Massey sued for sexual misconduct with a minor! This is a progressive and visible issue.. What’s going on with Disney?

 

  • Conspiracy Theories? or  The Truth!

 

    • What would young children do without cartoons? Disney cartoons especially were significantly meaningful  to us due to the many lessons they taught us when growing up and even brought us wonderful characters we could look up to. However, there are many conspiracy theories concerning the sexual subliminal messages beyond the cartoons. Considering the images, if one looks closely there are over 20 Disney movies accused of such heinous crimes. Are we just looking too hard OR are our eyes even open at all!

Guillaume-PropDraft -> Astro-light

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Mar 012019
 

Mallory Guillaume
February 26, 2019
ENC-3310
Proposal Workshop

 


 Astro-Light

Introduction
Throughout this project, I found interest in doing my proposal on something that hit close to home.. Astrological Horoscopes! This topic is pretty interesting because it allows everyone to have their own personalized chart just by applying their date of birth, time, and location. The purpose this topic will bring is an understanding of how broad narratives of Astrological Horoscopes reinforce positivity for people in crisis.

 

Body
Astrological Horoscopes’ offers free daily readings to those having personal reasons or those in need the comfort of envisioning a better future for themselves. In some way making it possible for people to be able to predict how they’re going to feel and what obstacles they may face in the near future. Many may overlook the true essence of astrology and how all the planets come together and align at a moment in time when a person is born. Generally, people are aware of their Zodiac sun sign which is where the sun was located during the time of a person’s birth, it’s also the easiest to understand involving traits/ characteristics, positive and negative qualities, etc. This lack of knowledge leads to people undermining the broad narratives of Astrological Horoscopes to people believing the mindless daily horoscopes based off of one sun sign. But wait! It gets more complex than that, most of the apparent planets in the universe all have a purpose when they aligned the moment you were born. Each planet is associated with a zodiac sign which displays the traits of the planet. Throughout your life, all the planets will play a role in your personal life.

 

Conclusion

The significance of this project is to bring light and understanding to how people view Astrological Horoscopes. Many such as myself have been mislead into astrology and how a person’s Zodiac Chart is actually read which leads to the genre being underappreciated and not truly understood. It’s peculiar due to how personalized a person’s chart may be which brings an essence of individuality.

Astrological Horoscope- Subject/ POS

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Feb 222019
 
  • Subject: The ability to quickly have insight on a certain group of people just by their astrological (zodiac) sign.
  • Point of Significance: Broad but typical traits/ characteristics associated with a zodiac sign of a person in a certain astrological group.
  • Subject: Astrology offers those in crisis the comfort of imagining a better future. In some way being able to predict your near possible future just by reading a daily horoscope.
  • Point of Significance: Some people who are stressed or have no sense of self direction mindlessly follow these daily horoscopes telling them how to go about their day all from quality traits.
  • Subject: Astrological (Zodiac) signs are becoming a millenial meme phenomena.
  • Point of Significance: People want that feeling of belonging and ascribing to a certain group as their own and what they’re familiar to such as friends with the same sign, similar traits, etc.
  • Subject: Brings a feeling of wonder or stargazing.
  • Point of Significance: Introduces the mysterious power an individual posses within them and what they are able to do.

Prompt: Astrological Horoscopes’ broad naratives undermine an individuals true unique characteristics instead of broad and average traits.

Astrological Horoscopes (Technical Definition)

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Feb 132019
 

Qualifier = Astrology

Term = Astrological Horoscopes

Classification = Constilations of the stars and the planets

Differentiation = Personal astrological chart of a person or at moment in time

In Astrology, Astrological Horoscopes requires the Constilations of the stars and the planets to Personal astrological chart of a person or at moment in time. Based on the date, place, and time of birth personalizes astrological horoscopes alllowing personal expressions. For example, by knowing generalized information about my birth time, I am able to associate personality traits, horoscopes, and potential compatiblities with my birthchart. This serves as a pupose only because it offers insight and awareness about the uses and their potentials

Astrological Horoscope (Underappreciated Genre Heuristic #2)

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Feb 062019
 

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.)?
  • The content that’s typically included are traits/ characteristics and daily horoscopes. Excluded content excludes the difference between sun sign, moon signs, or the signs ruling planets for a period of time.

 

  1. What rhetorical appeals are used? What appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos appear?
  • The rhetorical appeals that are generally being used within this genre are logos which appeals to logic and reasoning this is due to the factual lining of the stars, sun and moon. Pathos which appeals to feelings/ emotions this is due to viewers having an emotional connection to their sign due to familiar characteristics and the most important day of your life, your birthday!

 

  1. How are texts in the genres structured? What are their parts, and how are they organized?
  • This genre is structured and divided into twelve signs for the twelve months out the year. It is then organized as in which month/ days represent which sign and what traits they uphold.

 

  1. 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 common format for this genre is usually set by the zodiac’s signs. Generally, viewers choose their sign then it leads to positive and negative characteristics and full paragraph explanations on love, life, and full horoscopes.

 

  1. 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 types of sentences that are usually depicted in this genre includes personal but board descriptions for these signs all around the world. They’re generally less than

a paragraph and not complex but mostly passive due to the variety of people viewing the content. These pages have various styles and techniques.

 

  1. 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 most common type of vocabulary used throughout astrology sites are descriptive words and definitions, different symbols/ images mainly associate with the different signs. There are no common slangs used throughout this genre. I would describe the author’s tone kind of like a teacher, teaching new things and optimistic in their words.

 

 

 

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?
  • These patterns reveal that the astrological horoscopes genre is generally repetitive and follow the same style and formats of other astrological sites. People who use these sites for horoscopes are usually letting these brief and broad statements rule their daily lives.

 

  • What do participants have to know or believe to understand or appreciate the genre?
  • Participants must know their birth date; the audience also believes in the whole wonder of the alinement in the stars which leads to the findings and powerful characteristics of these signs which can tell a lot about a person and their life.

 

  • Who is invited into the genre, and who is excluded??
  • Everyone is invited into this genre, no one can be excluded because without a birthdate, they wouldn’t be here.

 

  • What roles for writers and readers does it encourage or discourage?
  • I believe that the roles encouraged by the writer is to teach and share their knowledge while the role of the readers are to understand and find themselves. I don’t think any roles are discouraged.

 

  1. What can you learn about the actions being performed through the genre by observing its language patterns?
  • I believe that I can learn more about myself due to my sign, the language pattern can teach me a few things that I didn’t know since the tone is descriptive and optimistic.

 

  • How is the subject of the genre treated? What content is considered most important? What content (topics or details) is ignored?
  • To me, this subject is controversial, many people admire this genre, but many don’t believe in them. I believe that the traits and characteristics are the most favored in the genre. The daily horoscope is usually what strays’ people away.

 

  • What values, beliefs, goals, and assumptions are revealed through the genre’s patterns?
  • The values and beliefs that are revealed through this genre are usually the based upon the stars and belief that these characteristics and traits all tie in together along with your sign
  • What actions does the genre enable? What actions does the genre constrain??
  • This genre enables the action of people allowing themselves to pursue what they want because they now have knowledge of a certain idealistic view. Daily horoscopes constrain people’s ability to be themselves because they focus so much on what’s being said.

 

Astrological Horoscopes (Underappreciated Genre Heuristics #1)

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Feb 032019
 

Mallory Guillaume

January 28, 2019

ENC 3310 W/F 2PM

Underappreciated Genre Heuristics #1

 

Introduce Your Genre

 

  1. Identify your tentative “underappreciated” genre (or subgenre).
  • Astrological Horoscopes (Zodiac Signs)
  1. What is interesting to you about this genre? Or, why might it be significant or otherwise worth paying attention to?
  • This genre is interesting to me because the moment a person is born, there is a set determined astrological chart representing a sign pertaining to that person, their personalities and traits.
  1. Tentatively, define/describe your corpus (collection of texts/examples).
  • Astrological Horoscopes is said to shape their personality, affect their romantic relationships and predict their economic fortunes, among other divinations.
  1. Provide links (and/or titles) of five samples. (Try to gather samples from more than one “place” [or type] in order to obtain a diverse and accurate representation of the genre. For now, choose samples without significant deviations).

 

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Describe the Context

  1. Setting: Where (in what context or medium) does the genre appear? How and when is it used? With what other genres does this genre interact? How? The Astrological Horoscope appears in everyday settings that could take place anywhere, that how accessible we are when it comes to obtaining our horoscopes. Generally people like to set astrological horoscopes into outer-space (galaxy). There are various ways and special techniques where astrological horoscopes can be used. This particular genre could interact with lifestyle blogs, etc.
  2. Subject: What topics, issues, ideas, etc. are common to this genre? When people use this genre, what are they communicating about? The ideas that are common with this genre includes personality traits, compatibility, predictions, relatable lifestyle choices. When most people use this genre they are mostly communication their own personal lifestyle/ traits, their compatibility with other zodiac signs and other predictions.
  3. Writers: Who writes the texts in this genre? Are multiple writers possible? What roles do they perform? What characteristics must writers of this genre possess? Under what circumstances do writers write the genre (e.g., in teams, on a computer, in a rush, for their profession? for fun?) Before it was scientist and astrologers who studied these astrological charts but now everyone can do this with a click of a button, thanks to the internet. The can be multiple writers, they perform the role of a predictor or psychic. The characteristics these writer possess are knowledge of these multiple zodiac signs and their everyday lifestyle choices. Many of these writers write for fun because it brings them joy to see other people enjoying their content and being familiar with their personal sign.
  4. Readers: Who reads the texts in this genre? Is there more than one type of reader for this genre? What roles do they perform? What characteristics must readers of this genre possess? Under what circumstances do readers read the genre (e.g., at their leisure, on the run, in waiting rooms)? The general public usually reads the text of this genre. There can be readers who only come for personality traits, compatibility, or daily horoscopes, there can be more than one type of reader in this genre. They perform the role of the audience who state if these aspects are relatable or not. The readers just have to be themselves and true to who they are to fully understand this type of genre. Many readers read for fun, to get answers, or to make better lifestyle choices depending on the alignment of the stars and their horoscopes.

5.  Exigency/Purpose(s): Why do writers write this genre, and why do readers read it? What purposes does the genre fulfill for the people who use it? People are generally curious and want to know the future, that’s why many of these writers try and display a sense of a personal psychic reader who can predict the readers future and personality just by the knowledge of their zodiac sign. Everybody has a birthday, meaning everyone can join and read if they’re ever curious.