QRG's: The Genre

QRG's: The Genre

There are many different genres in which a writer can compose his or her writing in. The Quick Reference Guide is a type of more informal genre in which writer's write in order to update the common people of society on many of the issues going on around us today. This genre has specific details which make it unique and below is an analyzation of these unique qualities. 

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• There are a number of conventions used in the  QRG Genre. Some of the main conventions are large amounts of white space,  many hyperlinks throughout the writing, subheadings, and informal/personal tone and informative pictures and statistics.  
• The white space is a big part of the QRG because it breaks up the reading and makes it easier for the reader while also indicating some shift in the writing. Hyperlinks are a form of citation for this genre and provide credibility for the author because this genre relies on internet sources. Readers of this genre don't want background information because the author can just hyperlink to the description. Subheadings also help to break the text into pieces and guide the reader in telling them what they'll be reading about next while allowing readers to pick and choose what they want to read about. The informal and personal tone is due to the fact that the topics written about in QRG's are topics of mass appeal and makes it easy to read and ore discussion based. Informative pictures and statistics provides visual evidence and context for the reader while giving the audience a break from reading. 
• The purpose of the QRG seems to be to informally provide information on a topic of mass interest that pertains to a large group of people through shorter articles containing pictures, statistic with less scholarly and confusing wording.
• It seems as though the main audience of the QRG genre is the the general public. I believe the majority of the QRGs are aimed towards the general public because the topics are ones of mass public concern that many in today's society would be concerned with and want to know more about. 
• The QRGs's seem to use the visuals and imagery as a way to split up the reading about the specific topic of the article and ensure it's not too wordy for the readers. While giving the reader a break from reading these visuals also provide context for the topic of the writing. 

Reflection: 

After reading through Jovanka's blog post, Allison's blog post, and Joy's blog post  all regarding the Genre of QRG's I was assured that we all have the same general idea about the main conventions of the genre. At the top of this list I would think there would be the informal tone just because it's the main point of the QRG in order to attract readers and keep them interested in the subject at hand. I liked how Joy brought up the fact that the readers aren't supposed to be experts so the article doesn't have to be technical because this makes total sense but I hadn't really thought about it before. I also really liked how Allison's post touched on the idea of using images to make the topic more relatable to the reader because I do think the images create a connection between the topic and something that a reader could see him or herself doing. Jovanka and I had pretty similar ideas regarding the main foundation of the QRG genre as well.