Chapter 2 blogpost

Types of writing that I've done in the past week... I have written notes for my film class, written a letter to a family member, tweeted about an annoying sibling, texted a friend I haven't seen in a while... the list goes on. Reading this prompt really makes me realize just how much writing I do without thinking about it. A huge difference I see in three types of writing I've done this week would have to be the variation of formal techniques I used. My tweets aren't as formal as my notes for my film class, which aren't as formal as the letter I wrote to my family member. The rhetorical situation I faced for each of these writing examples was very different.
The genre and tone of my tweet was very casual and informal, directed to an audience my age; teenagers. The purpose for this tweet wasn't too practical, but that's the idea that goes along with twitter. The stance was to "inform" my followers about a fact of my life, hopefully appealing to them and being somewhat relatable. My medium and design for this tweet was an emoji character used digitally, which I believe catches the eye of my audience, creating more of an appeal.
The genre and tone of my notes for film class was again casual, but formal enough to my understandings. Notes are typically not written like an essay, but also not as messy as a text to your best friend. It lies somewhere in the middle. The audience was, well, me, the purpose being I will later use this information for my benefit in a test or essay for that class. Looking back, my stance was positive, because these notes are for my benefit. If it had a negative stance I wouldn't be interested in looking back over them. My medium and design for my notes were simple things like an arrow on the page pointing to something, and a bubble around a phrase so it can catch my eye.
The letter I wrote to my Aunt gave the purpose of appreciation for something she had done for me. The tone was cheerful and it was directed specifically to the audience of my choice, my Aunt. The stance in this letter was to show my appreciation and amusement for what she had done. The medium was in print on a fancy letter! I didn't use a design, because I wanted to make it as formal as possible.