2. Overview:
This power point will walk you through writing
techniques to use with your multigenre essay
Reminder:
Writer’s Workshop over the Multigenre Essay
Please post rough drafts of your essays by midnight on
April 16th
3. Narrative Summary VS. Dramatic
Scene
“Readers will understand narrative summary, but they
come close to experiencing dramatic scene. Dramatic
scene is more likely to leave an emotional imprint on
a reader. Writers, too, I believe, come to know their
topics differently, depending upon how dramatically
they write” (p. 70).
Look at examples on pg. 70.
Look for places in your writing where you offer
summary instead of a dramatic scene.
4. Repetend
Repetend: “the unexpected repetition of a word, phrase,
sentence, or passage” (p. 154). It can also be the repetition
of a form (p. 157).
See example on page 154-155.
See example of repetition in language and image on page
162 and 163.
Take a part of writing you have already completed on your
essay and add a repetend.
5. Writing End Notes
Review your essay and develop end notes that address the
following questions:
Why did you select each genre to capture the information
presented in your paper?
How would you like your readers to interpret the content
contained in each genre of your writing?
Why did you choose to include particular pieces of
information?
What additional information is available on the topic that
you would like to refer readers to?
