Genre and Design

Genres: General Categories of Documents

Recap: Key Items Examples:

• Literary
  • Fiction
    • Short stories
    • Novels
    • Plays
  • Non-fiction
    • Memoir
    • Journalism
• Business
  • Memos
  • Letters
  • Social media posts
• Academic
  • Research papers
  • Essays

Design: Let your design serve your genre

• Elements of design
  • fonts
  • colors
  • page layout
  • illustratsion
  • tables
  • headlines
  • footnote
• Genre and Design are related
  • By looking at a piece of writing visually, you might have guessed its genre?
• Design principles for research essay (or in general academic writing)
  • Double spaced
  • 11 or 12 pt font
  • No fancy fonts please
  • Incorporate figures and tables as much as possible
• Meaning of stylization
  • Boldfaced: headings, acronyms
  • Italized: emphasis
  • Underlined: never
  • capitalized: never

Reference

https://wac.colostate.edu/resources/wac/intro/genre/