Genre
Draft
Genre #1:
Ad for Nonsensical Sounds
Genre 2:
Offer From Jeremiah
To: NonsensicalSounds@gmail.com
From: JeremiahFishing@gmail.com
Bcc:
Subject:
Business Venture
Dear Mr.
Rogerson,
My name
is Jeremiah, and I have recently started my own fishing business. I saw your
flyer in the mail and am interested in hiring you for an advertisement I hope
to record in about a month. I already have a script prepared, and would like
this to happen in my store, located on 22nd Street in Philadelphia.
I do not
know your rate from the flyer, but I would like to get an estimate of how much
this would cost beforehand. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Fishing
22nd
Street, Philadelphia PA.
To: JeremiahFishing@gmail.com
From: NonsensicalSounds@gmail.com
Bcc:
Subject:
Questions Answered
Good
Afternoon Mr. Jeremiah.
Right
now, the defining factor for my business is hours. If I am recording for ten
hours, I usually ask for around $1500, but if this is a quick three hour job, I
can charge about $900. Bottom line, I do not get up for under $750. Since you
are emerging in the business, I can charge you my lowest rate if the job is
under 2 hours.
My
schedule is open a month from now, but you need to give me a defined date and
time before someone snatches it up, and I also need a list of all the companies
you have worked with before.
Talk
soon,
Coulston
Rogerson
Nonsensical
Sounds
(603)
727-2860
To: NonsensicalSounds@gmail.com
From: JeremiahFishing@gmail.com
Bcc:
Subject:
Possible Date And Rates
Dear Mr.
Rogerson,
Thank you
for answering back so quickly, I really appreciate it. I had no idea audio was
that expensive but hopefully we can keep it under two hours, so I will pay the
$750. As for dates, if you are available I would like to shoot on the 22nd.
Below is a list of companies I have worked with. See you then.
Hacker’s Fishing Supplies
Gwendlynn’s Fishing Rods
Kracker’s T-Shirts And Accessories
Brother Bilo Accounting And Financial Services
Genre #3: Monetary Assurance
Bcc:
Subject: Financial Insurance
Hey Jason,
Long time no see man. Glad to see you
still in the rat race. We still on for drinks on Friday? Now for some actual
work talk…. *ahem* I have a potential client who has done business with you and
I want to make sure that he is good on the money. Name is Jeremiah of Jeremiah Fishing. Can you tell me about
any transactions he has done with you, and how long it took to actually receive
his payment? Is he good for it?
Talk soon man,
Coulston.
Bcc:
Subject: RE Financial Insurance
Sup man,
Hell yeah we are still on for drinks.
Would love some right now. Work is boring as shit. Anyways, yeah we have a
couple records for Jeremiah Fishing. Jeremiah took out a loan from us on the 12th
of March and repaid it in about three months’ time. He seems like he should be
good on the money, was pretty nice.
Let me know if there is anything else I
can help you out with before we get shitfaced.
Cya.
Jason.
Bcc:
Subject: Thanks
Katz,
Thanks man. I really appreciate this. See
you on Friday.
Coulston
Genre #4: Confirmation with Jeremiah
Fishing
Bcc:
Subject: Confirmation And Next Steps
Dear Jeremiah,
After checking with some references, I am
now ready to proceed with business. The 22nd is fine with me, but
you need to slap a start time in. I am alright with charging the $750. Even
though I have checked with your references, I still have a policy that requires
I ask for a portion of the payment up front with new customers. I am going to have
to ask that you give me the first $200 up front. The rest can come after
everything has gone through.
Thanks. Talk soon.
Sincerely,
Coulston Rogerson
Nonsensical Sounds
(603)727-2860
Bcc:
Subject: Final Confirmation
Dear Mr. Rogerson,
I am alright with giving you the $200 up
front. I would love to meet up at my store and record the advertisement around
7:00 AM on the 22nd. The $750 rate is alright with me. Thank you for
your business. Talk to you soon.
Sincerely,
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Fishing
22nd Street, Philadelphia PA.
Genre #5: Claim
Bcc:
Subject: Some Questions….
Good afternoon, Jeremiah.
I have recently looked at my bank account
and noticed that I was not only underpaid, but shorted a whole third of the
agreed upon price.
Let’s take a step back and review, at
least from my side of all of this.
When I came to the recording session, I
was handed an incorrect amount of money from you. I thought that this was
alright considering this would be a seemingly fast job and I could just ask you
for the remainder after.
When the session ran long, I was under the
impression that this is just some jitters from you, thinking that we would get
it in the next take. I did not expect this going an hour longer than planned.
Nonetheless, I am a fairly forgiving man
and thought that I would just charge the agreed upon rate. Sadly I had to leave
immediately to go to my son’s soccer game after and could not ask for the
remainder of the down payment.
It is made pretty clear you wanted to
short me. If not by the first payment, then made especially clear when I woke
up to see your addition to my bank account was far far under the expected
amount. The agreed upon price was $750 for two hours. So far I have received a
total of $500 for a payment of three hours.
Please note that I am not upset by this. I
know things can get tangled up places, and I am fine if the rest comes in at a
later date. But the effort seems pretty clear that you never intended to pay
the full amount. Someone vouched for you, man. Don’t throw them under the bus
too.
Coulston.
Genre #6: Adjustment
Bcc:
Subject: Apologies
Dear Mr. Rogerson,
Please know that I never intended to
withhold monetary value from you. I gave you what I had on me in both
instances, and I had to run back to the bank to take out a loan to give you the
rest. I should have done this earlier, and I apologize for any inconvenience.
I hope that this does not affect both my
and my reference’s reputability with you.
As for the advertisement recording taking
longer than expected; that is completely on me. I did not expect it to take
that long.
Please let me know if there is anything
else I can do to make this up to you. The requested amount of money should be
in your bank account now.
With many apologies,
Jeremiah
Jeremiah Fishing
22nd Street, Philadelphia PA
Z. De
Piero Student:
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202D Business Writing, F’18
202D Business Writing, F’18
Rubric for 202D Final
Project
Rubric for Rhetorical Situations
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Did Not Meet Expectations
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Met Expectations
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Exceeded Expectations
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Company
Profile
Have
you you provided relevant background information to help bring your
organization to life? What’s the name of this organization/company? What’s their field, industry, or “line of
work”? Where are they located?
Who is their clientele?
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Exigence
What
prompted the writer’s need to communicate? What’s the urgency behind the need
to enact this particular genre? Why this, why now?
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Writer
Who is the writer? What’s their name, what
organization/company are they affiliated with, and what’s their
role/position?
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Audience
(Primary and Peripheral)
Who is the intended/primary audience for this genre?
What’s their name, what organization/company are they affiliated with,
and what’s their position/role?
Additionally, what other peripheral/secondary audiences might
play a role in how we can understand this genre? Might other people be
interested in the message that’s being communicated? Could the writer have
additional people in mind beyond the specific person(s) that they’ve
contacted?
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Purpose
What’s
the writer’s goal? Is it realistic?
Have they identified a concrete, actionable outcome that they’re
hoping to achieve?
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Context
/ Background Info
What additional information is necessary to make the most sense
of this rhetorical situation? Do the writer and their audience have a
“history” of sorts? Is there an
upcoming deadline? Has a company’s
policy or personnel recently gone through changes? Is there a current
“hot topic” that’s circulating throughout the news cycle that makes this
communication more urgent?
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Notes
and Score (X/7.5)
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Rubric for Textual Genres
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Did Not Meet Expectations
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Met Expectations
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Exceeded Expectations
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Genre
Identification
Did you (accurately) name/identify each unique genre that you
enacted?
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Alignment
with the Rhetorical Situation
Does the genre that you created/enacted accurately reflect the
rhetorical situation (for each genre) that you laid out?
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Genre-Specific
Conventions
To what extent did each textual genre include its most important
conventions? Remember: when we think of “conventions,” we think of the unique
characteristics, features, patterns, or ingredients of a particular genre.
(e.g. a sspecific subject or an e-signature line for an email)
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Rhetorical
Strategies
Has the writer used various rhetorical strategies to persuade
their reader/audience in the most effective way possible? From jargon
(technical terminology), to particular details (e.g. the specific amount of $
due for a claim; timelines for a call to action), to communication with
internal vs. external audiences, have you (the student) brought each genre
“to life” in realistic ways with your language-based decisions?
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Organization/Structure
Is the writer’s communication organized/structured in a clear
and logical manner? Does the organizational strategy best suppor the
writer’s goals of each particular genre?
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Mechanics
+ Punctuation
Have you demonstrated a control of mechanics and punctuation?
Are you using complete sentences (unless intentionally avoiding
them for stylistic reasons)?
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Notes and
Score (X/15)
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Rubric for “Metacognitive Moves” Reflection
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Did Not Meet Expectations
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Met Expectations
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Exceeded Expectations
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Focus on
“Moves”
What
writerly decisions did you make in this project? Did you identify
numerous, conseequential “moves” that you made for this project? Did
you articulate what you did and why you did it? (Or didn’t do it?) do that
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Examples
of “Moves”
Is your
analysis of your moves connected to your language? Have you quoted
yourself to provide concrete examples?
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Learning
and Insights
The
whole point of engaging in a metcaognitive reflection (like this) is to
better understand what you’re learning and to communicate that with others.
What insights are you gaining about written communication? About language? About rhetorical situations? About genre? Ahout organizational structures?
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Interview
Think
back to your interview. How/when/where/why did you draw from insights
that came out of your interview? Indicate how your interview informed
this 202d project.
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Connection
to Assigned Readings
Per the
syllabus, did you make specific connections to our assigned
course readings? What ideas, concepts, or strategies informed your
project? I’d like to see you paraphrase and “quote” at least 5
different times from at least 3 different readings/chapters.!
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Notes and
Score (X/15)
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