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In today’s world we see many different random things on the internet like memes, fake science reports or even random comics that do not make sense. Most people view these as funny or disregard them as idiotic wastes of time. Most do not know however, that each of these different things are their own genre. They have their own way of doing things. Each one of the three aforementioned genres has their conventions and rhetorical aspects that make each of them unique.

            With SCIgen genre generator it produces scientifically oriented fake reports. These reports are their own genre. The conventions for the genres generated by this generator are quite random. For example, each one contains a scientific title like, On the Simulation of E-Commerce, or something that is similar to that. It contains an abstract or brief description of the content of the report or experiment. Then it has a table of contents which gives the name of the titles of which the information in the report will fall under. It has an introduction which gives a description of the basis of the experiment and what the experimenters are attempting to do. Following there is a related content section which contains any information from other sources that pertains to the experiment. After this, it has the design portion which gives diagrams of key parts pf the experiment that will be used. After the design is shown it shows the processes used in order to gain results. It then gives results of what should occur in a perfect situation. Following the results, it then provides the experimental results which were obtained after doing the experiment. Then the conclusion compares the two results for any margin of error to determine if the experiment was a success or not.

                  The Pandyland comic generator produces random, crude comic strips. The conventions for this genre are quite weird. First each strip starts off with a random quote from one of the two character. Then the second part contains a retort from the second character that has little to nothing to do with the previous part. Then third and final piece of the comic strip is a totally random ending that has nothing to do with the previous two parts. The main convention of this comic strip is that none of the parts have anything to do with each other but are all funny in their own way. Another thing that could be considered a convention is that the same two characters are used and they never change.

                  The meme generator is by far the most humorous of three with its random photos and comments. First the meme must have a photo that people will find funny. Then it is followed by a quote that is attempting to elicit laughter from readers. In this genre there really isn’t that many conventions since it literally is made up of a picture and a quote nothing more, nothing less.

                  Thinking about what occurs in these websites can help someone better understand genre because it provides different pieces of writing than many are used too. If one where to think about what occurs in these websites it opens them to more possible knowledge. For example, if one looks past the random content of the report, one can see the organization of the paper and the genre it belongs. One can begin to see the conventions associated with the genre. Trying to understand what is happening with these website allows people to begin to be able to look at a paper belonging to any genre and then begin discerning its conventions and different aspects. With the SCIgen generator it produced papers that were set-up in the style of a scientific report. Most would try to read through the paper and see the content of the paper but they would not understand the genre. If one were to look over the paper and not read it, someone could begin to see what makes this paper a paper and what makes the genre a genre. Thinking about the pandyland comic generator can allow be people to understand that not all genres are clean-cut and defined as many would think. Some are crude and do not make sense like the comics produced by this generator but it is a genre with its own style and conventions. It can allow someone to understand while something may not appear to be a genre in their eyes it is indeed one no matter how far-fetched it would seem. Finally, the meme generator again allows someone to see that genres come in many forms. Memes contain a seemingly humorous photo and a quote that when combined attempt to be funny. These two things are the main conventions of a meme. Thinking about how a meme genre, then seeing that is in fact its own genre can allow someone to understand that genres come in many forms and never notice them.

                  All in all, thinking about what occurs in the genre generators allows someone to better understand genre by opening their eyes to the fact that genres come in many different forms. From a scientific report to a simple meme, these are all their own genre. Also, thinking about what occurs in on these websites allows one to understand that to properly analyze a paper and the genre it belongs too one must keep their mind open to new things that may catch one off guard.