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Multigenre
 "Definition of Multigenre in the Spirit of Multigenre"
Multigenre pushes convention,
challenges "This is the way writing is done,"
and "Hey, wait a minute, you can't do that
in a piece of writing."
Multigenre speaks, "How come I read imaginative
literature but I have to write about it in an essay
that is thesis driven, argumentative, and exactly
five you-know-whats (each you-know-what, of course,
of the 3.8 variety), an essay in which the writer
overpowers readers, beats them
into submission, and concludes
with a summative you-know-what that restates the thesis?"
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But writing that way is not what multigenre is about.
Multigenre removes the lid of Pandora's Rhetorical Box.
Multigenre twirls you and spins you and you hope the steps
the writer asks you to follow lead to fulfillment.
Multigenre knows that feeling is first.
Multigenre grooves on pulse, has flushed cheeks,
hair on the back of the neck that stands on end.
Multigenre makes readers sit up in their chairs.
Multigenre is not roast beef; it is ciappino.
It is less like mashed potatoes,
and more like red beans and rice.
-Tom Romano-
Multigenre papers are a creative based project for students to combine multiple writing genres, artwork, and a central theme to tell a story.
"The best way I can describe a multigenre paper is to say that each piece in the paper utilizes a different genre, reveals one facet of the topic, and makes its own point. Conventional devices do not connect the pieces in a multigenre paper, nor are the pieces always in chronological order. The paper is instead a collage of writing and artistic expression with an overarching theme that engulfs and informs the reader." (Dr. Tom Romano)
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