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- The conventions of a Quick Reference Guide include:
- A good lead- whether it be a sentence or a paragraph, explain what the topic is
- An image- draw the reader in through the power of an image
- A Headline- it has to catch the readers attention
- Short Paragraphs- don't overwhelm the reader with bulky and long texts, instead keep it short, sweet and precise
- Internal Links- let the reader know there is additional information out there and that you are a reliable source with facts
- The QRG's made the scanning of the articles by providing the reader with a headline that narrows in on a topic, and then provides the information in a cut up way with sections. For example, the Vox article on E-cigarettes had a quiestion and answer system that efficiently divided up the article into neat chunks. White space is also a must in any QRG to avoid long chunk of information.
- The purpose of QRG's are to inform an audience in a short, neat, but detailed manner. It needs to be informative, but not overwhelming. The articles always provide links with more information in order to avoid summarizing too much because that would leave the reader bored and tired of reading.
- The intended audience is the very broad general public- none of the articles seemed to speak to a group of people specifically. Yet, within every genre, there is a group of people who will always be interested in specific things. A politically inclined person may be more interested in the #BernieSoBlack article rather than in the E-cigarette article.
- Images or visuals provide can be emotionally charged to connect more to the reader, such as the image used in the Greek debt crisis article, or can present information in a way that prevents using words to stress something, also used in the Greek debt crisis article in the form of a graph.
Reflection
After looking at Chloe's, Elliot's, and Hallye's blogs, I feel much more confident in my above post. I feel like all of them generally said the same thing, because it was al based on the same articles and there was a limited amount of variation, which I liked because then it was easier to compare.
I put mostly the same conventions and I like the way you formatted your post. It looks very nice and clean. The only problem I see is that you switched from calling it a quick reading guide at the beginning to a quick reference guide. But that's a small thing could easily be revised if you ever wanted to fix it. Other than that good job! I think I can learn from how you formatted your post, so thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really appreciate how you formatted your post, as well as found all of your information insightful and agreeable. I found is beneficial how you described each convention briefly. Your audience description, I feel, describes the nature of the QRG audience very well and your use of referring back to our specific QRG examples made it all the more better. Actually, you constantly refer back to our examples, which I feel really helps to clarify a lot of your points.
ReplyDeleteI think your analysis is very thorough, and I like the way you used bullet points to answer each question. I agree with the points you brought up, and I think that you did a great job of explaining them by relating them to the examples we went over. The only issue I see is that you called the genre "Quick Reading Guide" at first. But I don't think there are any other issues. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI think your QRG analysis was the most thorough and well organized of the ones I've seen. I liked the bullet points at the beginning, and thought the small explanation of each convention was a great addition. I also liked how you provided evidence for the claims you were making by referring to the QRG examples we were given. This really made what you were saying about the QRG credible. Well done!
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