Genres

Some genres I feel I know well are communication, hyperlinking, fantasy, memoirs, and essays. I learned the communication genre from teachers, parents, and experience. As I got older, I was taught more forms of communication and given access to them. Some forms of communication could also become serious. For example, I never had to email someone where it could not be casual until I got an email for school or started a job. Now, I know to email my teachers and my boss professionally compared to casually. When I was very young, I did not have my own phone and therefore was not able to share a number to communicate with someone personally and I was also not able to text. If I wanted to call my friends, I had to use the home phone or one of my parents cell phones. Before that, I had to learn from my parents how to make a call.

The hyperlinking genre was taught to me by teachers and peers. One generally does not have to insert a hyperlink on a daily basis. They are mostly used for electronic projects, essays (including the article you are writing your essay on in the essay), or sharing certain things like videos or images with friends. While learning this genre, I would usually ask teachers or peers for help .

The fantasy genre was taught to me by authors. I love reading fantasy, it is my go to when looking for a new book to read. Because I have read so many fantasy books, I have developed a skill for it. Whenever I watch a movie or read a book, I find myself figuring out at least parts of the plot or details in the story before they are revealed.

Teachers taught me the essay and memoir genres. Since third grade, I have been taught how to write essays. As another year came, new techniques were added, some old techniques were taken away, things were changed completely, or we were retaught techniques. I have also developed this genre through much experience over the years. The memoir genre was taught to me in eighth grade when my English teacher gave us the assignment of writing twenty memoirs over the course of the year and inserting them into a scrapbook. My eighth grade English teacher taught me what a memoir is and how to rite one and then the experience I have from writing so many memoirs has developed my skill in this genre.

A well known example of a pop-culture genre in a movie is in the Twilight series. This series is a great example of the fantasy genre, or more specifically, the werewolf and vampire genres. Until about the beginning of the 2000s, vampire were generally seen in horror films and were “feared” by society (at least in the films). They were slayers. Now, the genre of vampires has transformed to where vampires are romanticized. We can see the romantic aspect to vampires in the Twilight series. The best example of this is Edward and Bella, however, we still see romance with vampire elsewhere in the movie, it just does not include humans in the relationship. Some of these relationships include Carlisle and Esme, Emmett and Rosalie, and Alice and Jasper. However, the vampire genre is not the only genre to take this turn. The werewolf genre also went from being in horror films until around the 2000s to being romanticized. We see this romance throughout most of the series with Jacob and Bella. Although, in the end, Jacob ends up in a relationship with Bella’s daughter, Reneseme. Also, because of all the romance in this series, we can say that the romance genre is heavily present.