After I read the article I don't think I learned lot of new stuff but I got way more knowledge about genres. One thing I learned was how genres can be used to critique and change depending how do they behave within different scenes. Even if there are two same genre written about something, it can be written so differently by choosing distinct sentences. Within the same patterns writers have to follow same kind of genre but the texts always separate in some way.
Genres don't always work for everyone within certain scenes. For example jurors may have problems following jury instructions given by judge because the language is written by lawyers and judges and it mostly serves only them. So some genres may fail to be effective for everyone. Critiquing genres reveals how well do certain genres serve people. It reveals the strenghts and weaknesses. Genres may also be changed because of new information, attitudes and knowledge about issue. For instance genre may evolve from experimental report to really informative report.
M. Irene Taylor's article "Getting Personal" gave advice for writing a personal essay. In her opinion, the personal essay comes from your thoughts and you must be willing to commit yourself completely. You have to take a risk, tell your own thoughts about issue and also have to trust yourself. Those are the principles to write a personal essay. Essay isn't a personal if you are unable to explore it in depth. Aftering reading a personal essay, one should feel it was worth it to read the text.
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