Genre Generator- PB1B

These “genre generator” websites all follow their own conventions depending on what you have searched for and what the site allows you to do. If you search for book title “genre generators,” the website for it will come up and in that website it will allow you to choose a genre, like horror, and it will create a book title that would be good for a horror story. In another genre generator site, consisted of random comic strips. It generated, literally, random comic strips; sometimes the strips did not even make sense from how random they were. The other genre generator I searched was the meme generator. The memes kept changing in what they stated, the wording, yet the use of the same pictures came about frequently. The last website I searched was a team name generator; all you had to do was type in a sport or city and the website will generate a team name.

As I stated before, each of these websites has its own conventions and reasons as to what makes it a “genre generator.” The first website I searched was fantasynamegenerators.com, which presented various genres like horror, sci-fi, and children. In this website, you choose a genre and it creates man book titles for you. For example, for a sci-fi book, the book titles will usually have “Android… Alien… Space” in the title. This makes sense because usually all sci-fi books or movies have to deal with aliens, space, or robots. The titles that appeared were: Aliens and Emperors, Droid from the Portal, and Failing of Robots. The second genre I explored was children and I already knew what to expect from these titles. I thought that they needed to consist of animals, farms, fruits and vegetables, and some other innocent things. And of course the titles that came about were: Foxes of Miracles, Cow on the Moon, and Little Farm. I believe that the conventions that are used in these genres for book titles are very common; we know the things that usually make up a sci-fi or a children book so we can see how this genre generator site creates these book titles by just knowing a genre.

The second website I looked up was the random comic strips website, pandyland.net/random, and the genre of the site was random. The comic strips it created were very random and they sometimes did not make sense, yet they were comic like. They used the same characters in the comic strips, but they would always change the story and dialogue of the strips. I think a convention that exists in a comic strip is having a few separate scenes with each scene having different dialogue and actions.  The third website I searched was the memegenerator.net; in this website you see memes that are based on recent news and everyday things. What I notice as a convention is the use of the same picture for different statements. Usually the picture used always has a hook like, “What if I told you… Not sure if… Brace yourself,” but they change the next part to the meme so that it goes with whatever their goal is. The last website I had looked up was a team name generator site, teamnames.net, and it would automatically create a team name for anything you input. I expected the website to name a team with its conventions; for example in soccer teams there would usually be a FC or SC somewhere, but instead the just generated names like “Soccer Raccoons.” I do not believe this website would help anyone with understanding the conventions of a certain genre as it just created team names that did not really relate to what you ask for.

 I believe most of these websites will help people understand genre better because they usually follow some rule. If you see a book title that has “Aliens” in its name then you would assume that it is a sci-fi book. These genre generators will show you how certain conventions are used for people to better understand genre.

Genre Generator Websites Used:

pandyland.net/random

memegenerator.net

teamnames.net

fantasynamegenerators.com 

PB1A

You can say that, eventually, almost everyone will receive a college admissions essay/letter. Whether it is an acceptance letter from the particular school or a letter that explains why you have been denied admission or even an explanation as to why you have been wait-listed. Though they are both different topics, the college admissions letter will always have some conventions. Like all letters the college admissions letter will always have a formal greeting in the beginning; for example, “Hello Carlos… Dear Carlos… etc.” Likewise, the letter will usually end formally with “Sincerely… Thank You” and in that matter. Also, these letters will always have the same targeted audience, the receiver, the student whom applied for the college. Maybe even sometimes the parents are involved with the letter because parents are curious as to what kind of news the college just gave to their child.

The purpose of these college admissions letters are all the same; they are used to informer the audience, the student and/or parents, whether the student has been admitted, denied, or wait-listed to the school. Each of these letters usually have their own way of giving the news, they usually differ in tones. For example an acceptance letter will obviously begin and end more cheerfully than a, most likely, gloomy letter that states that the student has been denied. Yet, I do not believe this is a convention followed by all college admissions, sometimes a letter that states that the student has been denied has a tone of optimism, so that the student will not give up and continue to pursue higher education. One thing that all acceptance letters will almost always follow is a persuasive paragraph that follows or a reason as to why the student fits in the school and how it is the best choice for the student.

I believe that all college admissions letters have to have a purpose, whether it is to inform the audience of being accepted, denied, or wait-listed. Most letters will try to have convincing statements if the student has been admitted to the school, so that they are persuaded to attend the school. The letters that state that the student has been denied can sometimes have an uplifting statement so that the student will not be discouraged. The letter that states that the student has been wait-listed, is usually intended so that the student can either be patient and still consider the college or just move along with another option. The letters also have to consist of having more than just a statement of acceptance or a statement that says that you have been denied. There has to be reasons as to why the student was accepted, denied, or wait-listed. Without reasons, the college admissions essay would not be the same, it would just be a statement. In the end the few things a college admissions essay needs to be considered a college admissions essay are: purpose (acceptance letter, etc.), reasons for its intended purpose (for example: why the student was denied?), formal greeting and ending, and persuasive statements or uplifting statements.

Me

Hey everyone!

I am Carlos Alberto Peña, a first year here in UCSB as a Pre-Comm major. I am from Pomona, CA, down in the Los Angeles Area. My passion is soccer—the real football—and I hope to make it as far as I can with the sport. As of right now I have made t as far as to the club level here in UCSB, hopefully I can make it to the Division I team within the next few years. I affiliate myself to a few different teams, all in different countries of course. I am an LA Galaxy, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chivas de Guadalajara and Juventus supporter. Why do I love the sport so much? I believe there is nothing like it. I strongly believe that you learn so much from football; for example, you learn passion, technique, quick thinking, control, and balance. I have never seen a sport with more passion than football, and I do not think I ever will. I love listening to Frank Sinatra—and similar artists like him such as Dean Martin and Nat King Cole—I just love the classic feel and the soothing sensations I get from listening to this kind of music. Odd enough, I do not know where my love for this music came from, I just started listening to it. Another cool fact about me, I think it is cool, is that I enjoy reading comic books—mostly DC Comics like Batman, Superman, Green Arrow and so on. I hope to someday try to create or work with DC Entertainment so that I can have a say on a television show or movie. That is one of the reasons as to why I chose to be a Comm major. A communications degree can help me get into many different areas that I enjoy. I love the film and media area, sports broadcasting, sports reporter, and publicity and i believe the communication degree will lead me in the right direction.

Sinceriously,

Carlos Alberto Peña