REMIX: Remixing Your Evaluation
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Remixing Your Evaluation
Evaluations occur regularly in genres and media besides the college essay. For example, newspapers regularly publish reviews of the latest films and books, and Web sites galore review the latest movies and digital gadgets. William Akana could have remixed his evaluation as a proposal to persuade his college entertainment committee to screen Scott Pilgrim on campus, or he could have posted his review to his Facebook page. (A remix takes all or part of a piece in one genre or medium to create a new text in another genre or medium.) Instead, Akana revised his evaluation for publication in his college newspaper.
In the next section of this chapter, we ask you to craft your own evaluation. After composing it as an essay, consider remixing it by presenting it (or a portion of it) in another genre or medium, or using it as part of an essay with a different purpose or audience.
CONSIDER YOUR RHETORICAL SITUATION
Purpose: The purpose of your evaluation is to persuade your readers to accept your judgment. If you remix your evaluation, which genre or medium would best allow you to make a compelling case for or against the subject of your evaluation?
Audience: The audience for your evaluation was your instructor and other students in your class. If you remix your evaluation, what audience would be most interested in your subject and in your evaluation of it? What genre or medium would best help you reach that audience?
Genre and medium: The genre of your evaluation was the essay, and the medium of your evaluation was textual, delivered either in print or online. If you remix your evaluation, what medium would best help you reach and persuade your target audience?