Writing a Multigenre Essay By Robert De France

Writing a Multigenre Essay By Robert De. France and Jennifer Naumann-De. France

Sample Multigenre Essay

Brief List of Genres Journal Poetry Letter Song Greeting To card do list Inner monologue Personal essay Top ten list Glossary lyrics Speech Newspaper article Recipe Travel brochure Menu Blog

Brief List of Genres (continued) Diary Nature writing Travel writing Memoir Short story Folk tale “How to” instructions Grocery list Social media profile Interview Resume Review Encyclopedia entry

Writing a Multigenre Essay 1. Pick a topic, theme, historical event, argument, goal, or offer multiple interpretations of a text like Roald Dahl’s 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Writing a Multigenre Essay 2. Compose your own original multigenre essay that includes at least three different genres. For example, you could compose a multigenre essay on the achievements of Albert Einstein by writing a letter, poem, and menu Physicist Albert Einstein

Sample Outline of a Multigenre Essay on All the Pretty Horses (1992) 1. Newspaper Article 2. Wanted Poster 3. Poem 4. Works Cited Page

Sample Outline of a Multigenre Essay on Picasso’s Massacre in Korea (1951) 1. Diary 2. Interview 3. Piktochart 4. Encyclopedia Entry 5. Works Cited Page

Sample Outline of a Multigenre Essay on the movie “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (1971) 1. Food Article 2. Recipe 3. Menu 4. A Death Certificate 5. Deed of Ownership 6. Works Cited Page

Sample Outline of a Multigenre Essay on English Renaissance Drama 1. Letter 2. Play 3. Sonnet 4. Works Cited Page