Thlog #6-More moves

The differences between conventions and moves really drove me to dive deeper into each subject during our class discussion. Conventions, to me, seem more like a checklist that defines different genres. Also these defining features could serve as moves. For example, a common convention of a post-game sports report is to note who won the game. Although this is a key convention it also serves as a move to inform the reader of the main topic(the game) and give context to the reader so they can better understand the journalists analysis of the game. On the other hand, moves do not define genres at all, but are still extremely important. In my mind, moves revolve around rhetoric and are almost like a “power-up” within writing in the sense that they can add different effects to the writing. On a side note, that is why(I think) original names for moves are a better learning tool because no one wants to use a dull sounding power-up.

For WP2, I was intrigued by Zack’s talk about quarterbacks and the Eagles' woes. Being an avid sports fan, I figured it would be fun to talk about sports from an academic perspective, being that we need to use two scholarly articles. I’m thinking about writing WP2 on the question, “Is the Wonderlic test racist?”. The Wonderlic test is an intelligence test given to quarterbacks before they are drafted into the NFL, and some think that it is unfair.

The example essays that we read from Chief and Rosie in class opened up a new avenue of thinking for myself for this next project. Each paper did a good job in serving for an example for students because they both followed directions and accomplished the task at hand. I was a bit confused during class and while thinking about WP2 about what our main goals were supposed to be. I was most curious about whether we were supposed to discuss the articles themselves or the moves and how they differ from source to source despite the content being similar. I think it will be interesting to analyze the differences between academic sports writing and non-academic sports writing. I am very excited to see whether sports colloquialisms will be used in both types of sources, and if they aren’t how that affects the writing.