Essay On Informative Genres

As we continue through life, we experience many forms of genres. A genre is a category or sort, but it can change according to the content of the genre as well as through the perception of the author and/or audience. Genres may be strict on their criteria, but many genres overlap. To explain, the informative genre relates to anything that is informative. A photo essay is an essay, which contains photos, and very little text. A news article can be seen as part of the informative genre, but if the news article also contains little text and numerous photos, it can also fit into the photo essay genre. Furthermore, a genre can depend on the view of the audience, whom also may be considered authors according to Michel Foucault. For example, one reader may view an essay as informative, but another reader may view the essay as persuasive. In this essay two articles were chosen about vegetarianism. The first article is a peer reviewed article from the ‘British Journal of Medicine’ and the second is a short news publication from the ‘Time’ website. Although both …show more content…
The peer-reviewed article “Vegetarian Diets” is proven research and directed more towards dieticians, nutritionists, doctors, and people who are considering a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, “Here 's How Much Vegetarians Save Each Year” is directed towards a simpler audience such as health conscientious consumers, people who are considering switching to a vegetarian diet, and daily readers of the “Time” website. In addition, the audiences may have crossovers such as current vegetarians and people attempting to switch to the diet. These crossovers are due to the fact of trying to be well informed. Vegetarians are asked many questions as to why they switch to the diet; being well informed is a reason that both articles are viewed as they present different benefits to the