How genre conventions can be manipulated and how genres have changed over time

What this note covers

1. Two content points, one idea
2. Techniques of manipulation
3. Why genres change
4. Reading a text as a moment in a genre's history
5. Changed conventions and changed responses
6. Building the argument in an extended response
7. Preparation that actually helps
8. How this is examined, and what separates a top answer

8 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes