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writing assignments, all of which are related to genres and their conventions. Before this class, I
was unaware of the meaning and significance of conventions. The class, the assigned readings,
and essays assisted me in understanding and learning what exactly genre conventions are.
Throughout the quarter, I learned to apply the concept of conventions and interpret sources into
my writing; something I used to find difficulty in. Now that the quarter has come to an end, I am
understanding, I have decided to revise essay 1 and essay 3 that were assigned throughout the
quarter. In essay 1 I took two completely different genres, tweets and a Rolling Stone article, that
discussed the same topic and wrote about their differences and the importance of those
differences. In essay 3, I translated one genre into another; I chose to transform a movie, 21
Jump Street, into a song. Within the essay I discuss the movie and the decisions I made to turn
the comedic film into a song about friendship. Revising these essays were difficult, but