Yo, COMM 131rs! After we've finished reviewing what we covered from last class -- genres, and specifically, textual genres -- we're going to brainstorm a few more textual genres that we're familiar with and the conventions that can, and usually do, make them up. And remember, whenever I say "conventions," think: recurring patterns, ingredients, threads, features, characteristics.
Before I cut you loose to brainstorm a badass list of speech genres -- along with the conventions that comprise them -- I want us to gain some more practice with how to deconstruct genres. Let's take a look at one unique genre under the broader umbrella of speech genres: the TedTalk!
Warning: these are all white guys! Ahhhhh, OMG, the horror! Hey, listen, I wanted to quickly find some interesting/good ones that we could compare'n'contrast, and these will do the trick. I'm mostly putting in this qualified claim for any outsiders (i.e., folks not in our class, who don't know us/me) to acknowledge that there's no race privileging here, there's just... digging into TedTalks speeches!
Before I cut you loose to brainstorm a badass list of speech genres -- along with the conventions that comprise them -- I want us to gain some more practice with how to deconstruct genres. Let's take a look at one unique genre under the broader umbrella of speech genres: the TedTalk!
Warning: these are all white guys! Ahhhhh, OMG, the horror! Hey, listen, I wanted to quickly find some interesting/good ones that we could compare'n'contrast, and these will do the trick. I'm mostly putting in this qualified claim for any outsiders (i.e., folks not in our class, who don't know us/me) to acknowledge that there's no race privileging here, there's just... digging into TedTalks speeches!
How to Speak So People Will Want to Listen - Julian Treasure
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