In this assignment, you will analyze a genre of writing associated with a profession related to your major- Business Administration. You must analyze a genre of writing (see the list below) that can be used to convey information from research.

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In this assignment, you will analyze a genre of writing associated with a profession related to your major- Business Administration. You must analyze a genre of writing (see the list below) that can be used to convey information from research.
Possible genres include but are not limited to:

-articles from trade publications (STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)
-professional blog posts (STRONGLY RECOMMENDED)
-formal memos
-formal reports
-project proposals
-white papers
-audit reports

In your analysis, you will investigate the rules of this type of writing. In this short essay (at least 3 pages), you will examine at least four examples of your chosen genre. Even though you may be discussing a non-academic genre, your Genre Analysis should adhere to academic essay structure (APA format, introduction, body, conclusion, etc.).

Although you do not need to answer all of them, you should consider the following questions:

-What is the purpose of this genre? (MANDATORY)
-What types of evidence/details are being used?
-Is this evidence effective?
-How is the information organized?
-What of arrangement, circulation, field (audience) and alphabetic text? (MANDATORY)
-What is the structure of the genre?
-How does the structure help disseminate the information?
-How formal/informal is the word choice and sentence structure? (MANDATORY)
-What specialized language is used? (MANDATORY)
-What other linguistic features stand out? (MANDATORY)