Production Report

The following selection is from the main body part I of my project. This part of the project introduces the first genre of the research paper.

Outline Item

1. Body
1. What is the field of physiology?
2. The Research Paper
1. Paragraph 1
1. What the hell is a research paper???
2. Give an example of a research paper
3. What are its genre conventions?
4. Assertion 1: The research paper uses different rhetorical concepts than the presentation in order to make it its own genre.
2. Paragraph 3
1. Proof 1: Context-Where
2. Explanation 1: This particular genre can be accessed either online or in print by other professionals, researchers, and anyone who is interested in the topic.
3. Why it matters? 1: Because this genre can be accessed so easily, the it is the most popular genre for most professionals in the field of physiology.
3. Paragraph 4
1. Proof 2: Rhetorical situation-Audience
2. Explanation 2: The audience for this genre is other professionals, researchers, and anyone who is interested in the topic and has access to scientific journals, either in print or online.
3. WIM? 2: The audience of this genre is extremely important because looking at all the people who are able to access the research paper gives us an idea as to why it is the most popular and most widely used genre in the field.
4. Paragraph 5:
1. Proof 3: Rhetorical Situation-Purpose
2. Explanation 3: The purpose of the research paper is to communicate research with its intended audience.
3. WIM? 3: The purpose of the research paper is extremely important because without the clear and intended purpose of spreading information, there would be no point in writing research papers at all.

Adaptation of Outline Item

The first genre of writing that is widely used by professionals in the field of physiology is the research paper. The research paper in the field of scientific research is characterized by 7 main parts: the abstract, introduction, materials/methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements, and references (citation). The writing in this particular genre is often very technical as it is meant to be understood by other professionals in the field and not necessarily the general public (citation). The research paper uses rhetorical concepts in order to create a unique rhetorical situation that separates it from other genres used in the field of physiology.

The first major rhetorical concept used in the research paper that separates it from the other genre is its context, and more specifically, where is the research paper published. This particular genre can be accessed either online or in print and is found in scientific journals (citation). The fact that this genre can be found for free online is extremely important because it makes it very accessible not only to professionals in the field, but also to the general public that is interested in the particular topic of research.

The second major rhetorical concept used in the research paper is the part of the rhetorical situation that is the intended audience of the research paper. The intended audience for this genre is other professionals, researchers, and anyone who is interested in the topic and has access to scientific journals, either in print or online (citation). The audience of this genre really helps to distinguish it because we can see how many people have access to scientific journals. Because this genre is so easily accessible, it is by far the most popular and most widely used genre in the field.

The last rhetorical concept that sets the research paper apart from other genres is the purpose that the author has in mind when writing the paper. The purpose of the research paper is for the author to communicate his or her research with his or her intended audience (citation). This purpose is extremely important in defining the genre of the research paper because without the clear and intended purpose of spreading information, there would be no reason to do research, much less to write about it with the intent of spreading information.

Audience Questions

• For each of the main numbered topics in my outline, I used a paragraph in my essay to discuss each topic. I felt like a paragraph was the best way to do this because of the genre conventions of the standard college essay. It felt best to me to break up each idea into one paragraph in order to make the essay easier to read.

• I really felt like thanks to the outline that the production of this raw material went quite well. The outline definitely helped me decide what to write and it made the production process much much easier. It took me about an hour to write instead of 6 like the last project.