Ivan Ramirez

English 1A

3/5/14

Ms. Fleischer

Writing Styles    Draft 2

            There are many different styles of writing and different ways on sending out messages rather than just text on a piece of paper. There are thousands of different genres of writing that help us both communicate and advertise things that we may not even notice them when we see them. You can communicate through twitter, Facebook, adds, signs, etc. These are all different genres of text that we use and see daily, it is amazing how many different tecniques, genres, and styles there are out there available to us when trying to send out a message. Being able to analyze all the different genres is a very important skill to have. It is important for many reasons, for example to just simply understand what’s going on. Many people get lost or confused when reading a piece of literature or even finding out the meaning behind a picture. Being able to analyze and annotate these different genres will definitely help you now and in the long run. The three different types of genres I selected for this paper are all very different. One of them is or 2013 Hornet Soccer schedule and media guide, the other is a You Tube video that recaps one of our games, and my last one is an Academic journal about soccer and all the concussions that come along with paying the sport.

            The form and layout of each of these genres is completely different and they all have their own way on delivering a message. My first type of genre is our 2013 soccer schedule and media guide that informs everybody where and when each of our games are. It is green all around and it has action shots of some of our players. At the very top of the poster is one of our players celebrating a goal and as you look underneath him you see the rest of them. There are a total of seven players in the media guide that gives you excitement and joy for the upcoming season. My second type of genre is a You Tube video recapping one of our games against UC Davis. There are a lot of visuals in the genre due to the fact that it is a video and it not only shows highlights, but also some of the most impactful moments throughout the game. It plays music throughout the video which also adds excitement. The third piece of writing is the academic journal talking about concussions in soccer. The article is pretty plane, but does have a logo at the top of the paper and covers the material well.

            The tone of the soccer schedule and media guide I feel comes off as loud and aggressive. It come off as loud because there are a lot of bright colors and people that makes it easy to look at and gets your attention easily. It also has bold lettering which adds to the loud aspect of it and all the game faces make it aggressive because they are action shots, not smiling people. The video has a much different tone compared to the media guide. It is more of an informative and exciting type of tone. Informative because it shows you the main events that happened throughout the game, which basically allows you to have an idea of how to game went. Exciting because you are watching footage and makes you feel a part of the game. Even though I played in the game, I still got excited at the moments where we did good things and disappointed at our bad moments. The tone of the article is more informative than anything. It gives us information about concussions and gives us an estimate of how many soccer players actually do get them, which personally left me curious. It left me a little curious because I play soccer and it made me wonder if it’s only a matter of time if I’m going.

            A very important part when delivering a message is the language you use in them, the style in which you deliver it, and your use of visuals. The media guide and soccer schedule do a very good job at the use of their visuals and the style in which they draw you in. The action shots of the players are used to catch your attention and will eventually lead you to take a look at the schedule. The intended readers for these are anybody who wants to go out and watch soccer game. They are not really targeting anybody in particular. The video also uses very good use of their visuals and also delivers the recap very well. They play music which keeps you interested and adds excitement to particular moments in the game. This also does not target a particular group, it is meant to whoever is interested on how that Sacramento state Hornets did. The article only has one visual but delivers it good too, it is on the top of the page which usually makes it the first thing people see. The information within the article was delivered strong and used many examples which kept the reader entertained.

            The authors for the academic journal are Barry. P Boden, Donald T. Kirkendall, and William E. Garrett.  Barry P. Boden and William E. Garrett both received their PHDs and Donald T. Kirkendall received his MD. These are very credible sources due to their knowledge and the amount of evidence they showed. They proved that concussions is soccer are more common than expected and proclaimed. They studied seven mens and womans soccer teams and saw how many got concussions and what caused the concussions. There were twenty-nine athletes that eventually obtained a concussions and these men also figured out the cause of each concussions. The highlight video against UC Davis was mad by Bryson Hatano and he is also a very credible source. He has made many highlight videos for all sports here at Sacramento State and is an employee here at CSUS. The media guide and schedule is also very credible due to the fact that it was made by people here in our own athletic department. All the things it says within it is accurate and the schedule itself is also very true.

            The purpose of the media guide and schedule is to inform you about all the games throughout the season along with making you excited for the upcoming season. Which will hopefully persuade you to attend more games. The bright colors, bold face letters, and players catch your attention and the way its set up makes it look like an event that you would not want to miss. The highlight video also does a very good job at informing about the game. The purpose of the video is to give you an idea of how the game played out. Many things make the video effective. One of the main things that I have already mentioned is the music that is played throughout the video. It adds excitement to the viewer and it does a good job of informing you about the game. The purpose of the academic journal is too inform you about concussions in soccer and to give you an understanding on potentially how dangerous it can be. The amount of evidence the article had and the fact that they had an experiment made the article effective to me. It kept my attention throughout the whole article and did a good job of informing me as well.

            Out of the three genres I believe that the academic journal had the most effective message. I believe it had the most effective message because it covered a topic that many people think is important and it provides much evidence that give soccer players like me think twice before going in for a hard tackle. The genre that I thought gave the least effective message was the highlight video of Sacramento State versus UC Davis. I thought it was the weakest because it was just a highlight video and it was about a past event. I thought it did a very good job at informing the reader and keeping them entertained, but it definitely had the weakest message. The message of the video is simply the score of the game, which is why I believe it did have the weakest message. There are different genres that give the same message, but here are also many of the same type of genre that are very different and similar. This is the case because the information within that specific genre can be very different to what the other contains. The style of it could also make the difference on how the message is received which makes a total difference and makes both similar genres completely different.

            There is a huge difference between the genre, message, and delivery. The genre of is what type of text it is. For example, is it an ad, a paper, or article. The message is what information the type of genre was giving you, what was it persuading you to do. Finally the delivery is how the message was given. Did the genre have color? Bold face words? Did it catch my attention? All these questions are answered by the delivery of the genre. All three of these aspects work together to send across one message but are very different. Each one is very different and are all independently important when trying to send a message. But they cannot work without each other when trying to successfully send a message.

            I do believe that the types of texts we read do affect us both as individuals and a society. Reading makes you sad, angry, and sometimes even excited which may or may not affect your actions later. Some ads make us very angry and some ads make us want to jump out of our seat. Rarely do people go through reading a text or add without feeling some sort of emotion. Reading affects all of us wether we like it or not and is something that has gone on for many years and may more years to come.