Click this image to return to The Profile Playlist.

Profile Genre Analysis Guiding Questions

1. Who is the audience?
2.  In what context is this genre often used?
3. Who typically uses this genre and for what purpose?
4. How is this genre formatted (e.g., paragraphs, lists, greetings)?
5. What are any visual cues that are important (e.g., bullets, highlights, bolding)?
6. What is the level of formality in the language?
7. What kind of information does the author tell about the person they are profiling (e.g., facts, quotes, references, images)?

Source for this collection:
Early, Jessica Singer. Next Generation Genres: Teaching Writing for Civic and Academic Engagement (p. 84). W. W. Norton & Company. Kindle Edition. 

• 11 months ago

  2 Comments

  Becoming Greta: ‘Invisible Girl’ to Global Climate Activist, With Bumps Along the Way, by Somini Sengupta

  

  Uploaded by Jessica E
• 12 months ago

  48 Comments

  "Meet the 6 impressive teenagers who are leading a massive gun-control movement after the Parkland massacre" by Eliza Relman (2018)

  

  Uploaded by Jessica E
• 12 months ago

  "These Teen Black Lives Matter Activists Are Writing the Future," as told to Madison Feller (2020)

  

  Uploaded by Jessica E
• 12 months ago

  35 Comments

  "This ‘Plastic Man’ Has a Cape and a Superhero’s Mission: Cleaning Up Senegal" by Mady Camara and Ruth Maclean

  

  Uploaded by Jessica H
• 12 months ago

  " ‘Young people are angry’: the teenage activists shaping our future," by Candice Pires

  

  Uploaded by Jessica E
• 12 months ago

  35 Comments

  "Marvel Superhero and Indigenous Actress Holds Fast to Maya Roots" by Julia Lieblich

  

  Uploaded by Jessica H
• 12 months ago

  "Profile: Judith Kitinga, Tanzanian gender activist" by Adam Melville

  

  Uploaded by Jessica E