Response to page 23

1.     Writer’s Blog Post

The first piece of writing is my Writer’s Blog Post discussing the question “Is Everyone an Author?” There was no assigned genre for the post and the constraints were just to answer the question in 200 words. Although this was an academic assignment, I kept my tone more casual than formal because it was a blog post and not an essay or research paper. The assignment also allowed me to do this because it was asking if I thought everyone is an author. Since it was my opinion, there was no need for a lot of background information on the topic and I could just express my thoughts.

2.     Lab Report

The second piece of writing is my lab report for my chemistry class. Like the blog post, this was academic, but in a different context. I had to analyze my data and preform calculations; there was no room for my opinion. My tone was precise and formal. It was a very constrained assignment because it was all answering questions and discussing the lab and it had to be done in the format in the lab manual.

3.     Letter

The last piece of writing is a letter I wrote to my grandma. This was very different from the blog post and the lab report. There was no genre or constraints. It was not going to be graded and the audience was just my grandma. Because of this, my tone was able to be casual and friendly and I could discuss my life. I wrote it in a card that I had made, as opposed to typing it in a Word document like my blog post or in my lab manual.