Chapter 2 Textbook Work

Lists of writings done in the last week:

• Blog Posts for English 101
• Short Autobiography for English 101
• Texts
• Emails
• Short Essay for  General Psychology

Example 1: One type of writing that I did in the last week was texting.  The audiences of the texts were my friends and family, people who I feel comfortable with. Since I felt comfortable with these people, my tone was more laid back and in a way sort of informal. My primary goal was to communicate with my friends and family and see how they were doing, just for fun, which I did.

Example 2: In  my English 101 class, we made short autobiographies which we traded with a partner to say out loud. The audience of our autobiography was our professor and the whole class, so I tried to be semi-formal so it didn't seem like I was super obnoxious. When it comes to literary genres, it is still classified as an autobiography. My purpose here was to tell the class what characteristics about myself that I found interesting and "cool" which in my opinion, I completed successfully.

Example 3: My last example is my short essay that I wrote for my General Psychology class. The topic was about Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) and if certain dog breeds should be outlawed through them. My stance was a strong no, that dogs should not be outlawed through BSL. Since my audience was my professor and I wanted to have my opinion taken seriously, I used a serious tone.