PB1A: Dissecting a Genre’s Rhetorical Features and Conventions
Tons of different textual genres are out there, but childrens books stand out to me because I think it’s unique that they can connect with kids so much and even help them begin their reading journey. Take Dr.Suess books for example; Dr, Suess has a genre of attracting kids attentions to the books because of their vibrant colors. Mostly all little kids gets distracted by “shiny things” or bright colors, so when they see Dr. Suess books infront of them it may not be as scary as a book that’s just strickly a “boring” color. All of Dr. Suess books also use common words, sometimes he even makes up his own words. When children do not understand, it turns them away because they dont want to take the time to learn what that word means. Dr. Suess’s main genre is rhyming these common, small words and I think that that attracts children the most. Each and everyone of his books has a way of relating to children. Whether it’s “Green Eggs and Ham”; talking about how he does not like green foods, just like children, stereotypically, do not like green foods like broccoli. He even takes world problems and simplifies it down to help kids relate to these problems. Just like in The Lorax, it talks about how humans are destroying nature but it makes it into an easy form so that kids can relate to The lorax himself. Kids generally have lots of questions, and most of the time, they don’t know when to stop asking those questions. Dr.Suess makes it okay to ask a bunch of questions. He relates to the kids on having a lot of questions in the book What Pet Should I Get, when he says “Now, How could I pick one? Now what would I do?”. I feel as if his genre is stating the questions that goes through a childs head when getting a pet. Getting a pet also goes back to the genre of relating to kids on what foods they don’t like, because getting a pet would also be a problem that a child could face and not know what todo about it in the moment. Not even just children though, adults as well have a lot of questions going on inside of their head (they just do not state them as much), but this gives the genre of adults also being able to relate to his children books. Finally, Dr. Suess always has a meaning at the end of the story. His books may seem funny and childish (which is the main point), but at the end, he ties it all together with a meaningful lesson or rule in life. Kids don’t like rules, but when its coming from Dr. Sues they mind a little less and may even remember that rule or lesson.
So, when examining the “genre question” of, what makes this thing a thing, I think Dr. Suess’s main genres would be rhyming and relating to children on a smaller level. You can’t have or even find a Dr. Suess book that does not include rhythm, it’s kind of what he is known for. Relating to children and stating questions they also have makes his books his books because every other childrens book tries to relate to what a child is thinking but you will never find a Dr. Suess book that doesn’t actually state what is going on through a childs head when having to deal with a problem. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/367606388316741639/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pinterest.com/amp/pin/367606388316741639/
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