Over the years, I have worked with many different genres when doing academic work. In English classes, I was usually required to compose a five-paragraph essay about a book we were reading in class. For example, the class was reading, “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”, and I had to write a research paper on how each character influenced the main character. In a few of my history classes, I have written numerous research papers on a topic that pertained to what was being taught in class. I have taken art classes where a project consisted of making a poster to demonstrate a particular technique we have learned. In my Freshman year art class, I made an advertisement poster for Coca-Cola, using a technique we were taught called latching. Each class I have been enrolled in has allowed me to become comfortable with using a variety of genres.
Although each genre is unique in its way, they each have their own similar rhetorical features. Each genre has a purpose of trying to persuade the audience to side with the claim. Genres have a specific style or way of communicating to the audience that makes an argument or idea more persuasive. Also, having a good design can make the genre more enticing for the audience. Adding a heading or an illustration can make a big difference in how an audience views a genre.
Many different genres are used in pop culture to draw audiences to a movie, song, or show. The movie, A Star is Born, is a movie classified under the romantic drama genre. The movie follows a singer named Jackson Maine and his love interest Ally Frangipane, as they struggle with a relationship in the spotlight. The two are madly in love and travel on the road singing together, until the fame sweeps Ally away and leaves Jackson in the shadows. Ally ultimately reaches the peak of her singing career while Jackson is left behind and forgotten. Jackson, depressed and confused, starts to rely on drugs and alcohol to make him feel better. He ends up taking his own life after feeling insignificant compared to Ally. The plot of the movie follows a typical relationship that quickly turns sour. This movie contains all of the typical features a romantic drama would have like a romance, a unique love story, a character with a fatal flaw, and a bittersweet ending. A Star is Born uses the appeal of ethos to help make the audience want to watch the movie more. The two stars of the movie are played by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, two mainstream celebrities in today’s society.
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