(Parentheticals are my notes, comments, and reflections ex-post-facto) Defining The Genres
Why Should You Care?
Paradigms
Audience
Rhetoric Weak: Managed a budget to plan large-scale events for students Strong: Managed $12,000 budget to plan large-scale events for 2,500 students (quantifying the budget and student population correlate with how much work and responsibility is involved; if it was a $50 budget for a 20 student pizza party, it would be wildly different) Weak: Won Granny Smith University’s Innovation Competition Strong: Won $1,000 for Granny Smith University’s Innovation Competition (80+ entrepreneurs competed) (including the number of other competitors adds to the value of winning the competition- if there were only 3 competitors, 1st place wouldn't seem so lofty) Weak: Wrote articles on entrepreneurship and technology Strong: Wrote 8 articles on entrepreneurship and technology, generating 107,000 page views, 8,003 likes, and 3,723 tweets (this is particularly relevant in the modern age; most everyone has access to online materials and are capable of writing and sharing their own ideas. Showing that people actually read what you've written show credibility and influence.)
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