Analyzing my genre

In this blog post I will present 5 examples from the genre that I'm going to write project 3 in, and answer the questions in the photo below to further analyze my genre:

Webb, Michaela "Screenshot" 2015

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5


Social Context:

• The genre is always in Rock and Ice magazine website. It's a weekly blog column that addresses the hottest issues in the climbing community. The readership is entirely rock climbers. The column serves to casually raise awareness about issues, sometimes make people laugh, sometimes pay tribute to a climber who recently died. It ranges alot. 

Rhetorical patterns:

• The content ranges from very serious to very silly, but the tone is typically casual. They often include narrative elements. The most consistent norm of the genre is that they are all written using climber's language. Climbers have a very specific vocabulary that isn't understood by the general population, and these blog posts are obviously written by a climber, for climbers. There is lots of quoting in the narrative sections, but it varies post to post.

What do the Rhetorical Patterns reveal about the social context of the genre?

• This is a blog written for climbers. They care about climbing, and a large majority of them care about the environment (especially as it pertains to rock climbing). Climbers are generally liberal, but often spend too much time rock climbing to take political action or be very involved in grassroots movements. I can't blame them, rock climbing is fun!
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