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1 Writing a Multigenre Essay
By Robert DeFrance and Jennifer Naumann-DeFrance

2 Sample Multigenre Essay

3 Sample Multigenre Essay

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

5 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

6 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

7 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

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

9 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 Pablo Picasso’s Massacre in Korea (1951) represents Picasso’s criticism of U.S. involvement in the Korean War during the 1950 Sinchon Massacre

10 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

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

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