Multi-genre Assignment

 
Point Value: 200 (100 from creative nonfiction component, 75 for second genre, 25 for abstract) 

Length: 700 words minimum (operative word here is minimum) for creative nonfiction piece words for second genre (the length here is intentionally unspecified, as there may be no written words in some cases)
             50-500 words for abstract
 
This assignment has three (3) parts. To receive full credit, it must contain all three parts. 
The first part is a creative nonfiction piece you will compose. The subject for this story is up to you. We will discuss some possible subjects and approaches to writing a good creative nonfiction story in class.
The second part is a complementary piece you will create/compose in a different genre, as in something besides literary journalism. This second piece should supplement, expand, or reinforce the literary journalism piece you already composed. 
The third part is an abstract, which is a roughly 200- 500-word paragraph 
Additional guidelines:

A Multigenre Project presents multiple, even conflicting, perspectives on a topic or event, in order to provide a rich context and present an aesthetically appealing product for an audience. Your multigenre project should reflect the following: 

A focus:  You should not only include documents that relate to a general topic or event, but you should ensure that the documents forward a point of significance, a rhetorical purpose. 

A coherent organization:  Documents should be created and organized in order to lead readers through the project, to help them understand your focus and purpose.  A series of seemingly unconnected pieces, though they may share a similar topic, will not result in a strong multigenre project.  Instead, readers should experience a sense of cohesion, a sense of connection and transition between both documents in the project.  You can create coherence through transitional or interstitial pieces between documents, or merge the two genres into a single document. 
Using your creative nonfiction piece as one of the genres, compose at least one more document on the subject of your creative nonfiction story in a different genre. This project should present a sustained argument on your chosen topic.
By composing documents in two or more different genres (e.g., the academic research essay, editorials, photo essay, audio recording, brochures, short fiction, poetry, charts, scripts, cartoons, charts, videos, etc.), you learn to write for multiple audiences, multiple purposes, and multiple forums. 

You must write an abstract, which will serve as an introduction to readers. The abstract should be one paragraph in length and should summarize your project, briefly describing the two genres you chose and why, and introducing your topic. Package the abstract with your MPG in a separate Word document titled “abstract.” 

The project should conclude with a Works Cited page.  As you cite sources for each document, your citation approach should be appropriate for each genre.  It’s a rare ghost story, for example, that includes parenthetical citation practices!  But there are creative ways to ensure that you a) give credit to the source from which you draw information (e.g., discussing that info in your introduction, using endnotes/acknowledgment pages, etc.), and b) establish your credibility as a writer who has conducted significant research to support your opinion.