Trinh Ly 

Professor Bellamy 

English Composition 

24 October 2019 

Composition in Two Genres 

First Genre of Composition: Poster 

Second Genre of Composition: Cartoon 

 

The First Genre: Poster (Rationale) 

Rhetorical situation: Teenagers in now a day love to spend on brands fashion. Most of them are unaware of the spending traps that brand companies set them to in which they are being used as marketing tool for brand companies to make money. Teenagers are naive so they just buy what they like, not caring so much about the price which soon lead them to be in debt and be depressed by that debt. Thus, there is a need for it to be addressed and criticized. 

Genre: I chose poster as my first genre because poster is a great way to deliver the message to the audience in a clear and simple way. It’s easy to deliver a strong message to the audience in couple of words. 

Audience: This poster mainly targets teenagers as the audience. The poster is simple and straightforward. I came up with a hook title for the poster along with a big picture consist of the message “ESCAPE the spending trap” to attract my audience. The background color of turquoise will also make the poster more appealing so that it can attract my audience. I will put this poster around CCNY campus since it mainly targets teenager’s audience. 

Purpose: The purpose of this poster is to spread the message to all teenagers about the spending traps that brand companies set out for them. This way, they are not being manipulated by the brand companies that used them as money making object in which they were unknown about. 

Stance: Critical 

 

The Second Genre: Cartoon (Rationale) 

Rhetorical situation: Many teenagers today have spending addiction on brands fashion and items. This addiction can be very dangerous and serious as it will soon lead teenagers to be in debt and be depressed by that debt burden with the love of spending on expensive brands. Thus, there is a need for it to be addressed and criticized. 

Genre: The second genre that I chose is cartoon because cartoon is a good way to deliver the message to the audience in a clear and simple way. My message can be delivered through simple drawing in cartoon so that the audience can easily see and understand. 

Audience: Similar to the poster, this cartoon is also aiming toward teenagers as the main audience. I used simple drawing in this cartoon to deliver my message to the audience. My drawing of big brand products is what I believe will attract the audience and get their attention when they first pass by this cartoon. I tried to make this cartoon as simple and easy to understand as possible along with the message being clearly shown since it’s straightforward. I know that teenagers these days will not read something that’s complicated, full of words, such as essay, poem or speech because it’s boring and not appealing to them. 

Purpose: The purpose of this cartoon is to warn teenagers about their spending addiction on brands fashion and items which can be very dangerous. It will soon lead them to be in debt and be depressed by that debt burden with their love of spending on expensive brands. 

Stance: Critical