Genre/Rhetorical/COLFV Analysis
Student name
LING 305W
Project 1 Rough/Final Draft
Date
Project 1 – Genre Analysis in Handout Format
List the précis info: title, author, genre, publication, purpose, call to write
Discuss the rhetorical situation: intended audience, writer’s orientation, purpose, the relationship the writer establishes with the audience, author’s attitude
State State your claim: The text is effective/ineffective based on the COLFV analysis (use COLFV language)
Macrostructure
Overall Format
Content
· features
Organization
· features
Language
· features
Format
· features
Values
· features
Content:
Feature 1
· Explanation of feature
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
Feature 2
· Explanation of feature
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
[Feature 3 – optional]
· Explanation of feature
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
Organization:
Feature 1 – Explanation of feature
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
Feature 2 – Explanation of feature
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
[ Feature 3 – Explanation of feature (optional)]
· Examples of this feature in the text
· Analysis of feature’s affect on the text
Microstructure
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References
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving