Genre analysis means to examine a genre's purpose, audience, organisation and language. Looking at the structure of journal articles, the purpose of each section and the language used is an example of genre analysis.
How do you do genre analysis?
Genre Analysis
- Collect samples that represent a genre. ...
- Analyze the samples and identify substantive and stylistic features that are shared among them.
- Talk to writers who produce texts in these genres and find out how they go about their work.
- Formulate the organizing principles of the genre.
What does a genre analysis look like?
Genre analysis involves looking at model texts to gain an understanding of how a particular document might be composed. Reverse outlining helps writers look at their organization throughout a document by looking at what sections are doing as well as what they are saying.
