Some Genres You Might Use in Multigenre Research

• Blurb      

• Shopping List       

• Interview       

• Print Journalism/News Article       

• Dialog       

• Graffiti       

• Magazine Article -- Cosmo?  People?  New Yorker? Highlights for Children?  National Geographic?  etc.     

• Diary entry   

• Public Records    

• Directions/Instructions       

• Art review (also movie review, album, book, etc.)    

• Comic strip       

• Greeting card         

• Contract or other legal document     

• Rhetorical Analysis

• Cliff Notes/"the Reader's Digest version"            

• Short Story -- literary, Harlequin, Sci-Fi, Western, High Fantasy (e.g. Tolkien), Mystery, Realist, Surrealist, Aurrealist (see B. Knott), pastiches of particular authors, etc.              

• Play/skit       

• Songs -- country, metal, punk, rock, showtunes       

• Screed (see Hunter S. Thompson)         

• Instant Message exchange     

• Talk Show Transcript      

• Letter to the editor       

• Resume       

• Love letter       

• Letter of Recommendation       

• Job Application Letter       

• Textbook section

• Facebook Thread

• "Flame War"    

• Epitaph        

• Parody       

• Police Report       

• Electronic Journalism       

• Ad

• Poetry -- haiku, sonnet, "workshop poem," mock epic, Greater Romantic Lyric, cowboy poetry, limerick, villanelle, clerihew, ghazal, psalm, ode, pastiches of particular authors, etc.

• Criticism       

• Jeremiad        

• Political Speech           

• "Bad news" letter       

• Dear John letter

• Self-help Book       

• Software documentation       

• Encomium

• Biographical portrait

• Case study

• Newspaper editorial

• Feature article

• Speech

• Sermon

• Mission statement

• Project proposal

• Brochure

• Letter of complaint

• Memo

• FAQ/Frequently Asked Questions

• Letter to an author or literary character

• Advice column

• Contract

• Quiz or test

• TV Commercial Script

NOW:  How do you find out how to write in these genres? I suggest Googling "how to write obituary," "obituary format," "obituary rhetorical analysis," or something similar. (You don't need to include what you find here in your Works Cited.)