Jessica Wolfe Professor Wolcott Genre Analysis 20 September 2013 Before this class, my knowle !e of !

enre was "ery narrow# $ tho%!ht a !enre was &%st a cate!ory of ifferent types of art, s%ch as ifferent cate!ories of m%sic or literat%re, base on their alikeness in form, style, or content# 'owe"er, the efinition of !enre $ ha b%ilt %p in my hea was not e"en close to those s%pplie by (e"itt, Bawarshi, an )eiff# *heir three efinitions chan!e my i ea of a !enre# $ ha"e now come to see !enre more of a te+t type that is the res%lt of repeate rhetorical sit%ations# *he efinition of !enre that ser"es as the fo%n ation for my !enre analysis comes from the article ,-ateriality an Genre in the St% y of (isco%rse .omm%nities/ by Amy J# (e"itt, Anis Bawarshi, an -ary Jo )eiff# ,As sites of social action, !enres i entify the lin!%istic ecolo!y of isco%rse comm%nities, makin! the notion of comm%nity more tan!ible for teachers an st% ents#/ 0(e"itt, Bawarshi, )eiff, 1223 4ye5 is a call !i"en by a co%rt officer, or formerly by p%blic criers, typically repeate two or three times to comman silence an attention, as before co%rt is in session# *his name in itself is alrea y an in icator towar s the isco%rse comm%nity of this !enre# *his pro&ect 04ye5#or!3 is a website in which any member of the p%blic can access a lar!e atabase of S%preme .o%rt cases of the 6nite States free of char!e# St% ents at 7orthwestern 6ni"ersity worke on e"elopin! a prototype for years %ntil it was finally complete an t%rne into a website an mo"e to the .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# *hanks to the tireless efforts of the %n er!ra %ates at 7orthwestern as well as )ichar Barone an Joe Germ%ska from the :earnin! *echnolo!ies Gro%p, 4ye5 has remaine to the premi%m

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site for makin! the work of the S%preme .o%rt accessible to the p%blic thro%!h te+t, ima!es, a% io, an "i eo for o"er 20 years# :o!os is a "ery important characteristic in a law isco%rse comm%nity# :o!os means pers%a in! by the %se of reasonin! an facts# $n Appen i+ A, B, an . lo!os is the main foc%s of the oc%ments# 4n the ri!ht han , each oc%ment consists of a section labele ,.ase Basics#/ Within this section one can easily fin the co%rt case specifics s%ch as the ates o"er which the case took place an was eci e , the petitioner, the respon ent, an the ocket n%mber# Anytime that a ate is mentione in a oc%ment, it is in bol # *his ca%ses the rea er;s eyes to a%tomatically be rawn to those ates, makin! the specific facts of the case that m%ch easier to fin # $f yo% obser"e Appen i+ ., yo% will see that %n er ,.ase Basics/ on the left si e of the oc%ment, the only thin!s in bol are the ates# At the top of the form 4ye5 e"en informs the p%blic of the term that the co%rt case was fo%!ht in, with the ate that it was bro%!ht to the co%rt in bol # Also, in both Appen i+ A, B, an . yo% will fin a <%estion pose to the rea er by 4ye5 appealin! to the person;s lo!ic an reasonin! of the co%rt case# *he ne+t appeal that these three co%rt oc%ments make is to a person;s pathos# *his means the ability of somethin! to appeal to a person on an emotional le"el# *o !et a sense of this type of appeal, take a look at the ,=%estion/ section of Appen i+ A# *he <%estion in the case of 7ew >ork *imes ?# S%lli"an asks, ,(i Alabama;s libel law, by not re<%irin! S%lli"an to pro"e that an a "ertisement personally harme him an ismissin! the same as %ntr%thf%l %e to fact%al errors,

%nconstit%tionally infrin!e on the @irst Amen ment;s free om of speech an free om of press protectionsA/

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*his <%estion appeals to a rea er;s pathos by brin!in! %p the s%b&ect of free om# @ree om is one of the most emotionally appealin! wor s here in America# $t is what we stri"e for# $t is what we ha"e sol iers o%t there fi!htin! for# @ree om is the thin! that sets %s apart from other co%ntries if not e"en the thin! that allows %s to e+press o%r emotions# *he <%estions in each of these three oc%ments seem to be tryin! to incl% e the rea er by posin! tho%!hts that wo%l force the rea er to tap into their emotions towar s the case# *he lan!%a!e choice is also somethin! that correlates with pathos in these cases# *he tones of the oc%ments in"oke a "ery formal emotion when isc%ssin! the co%rt basics, facts of the case, an the concl%sion# Altho%!h they %se a "ery basic "ocab%lary, in or er to make it easy for anyone at an e %cation le"el of mi point# 'owe"er, o%t of ethos, pathos, an lo!os $ belie"e that ethos is the most important when ealin! with a law isco%rse comm%nity# .re ibility means e"erythin! to a lawyer# $t can make or break a case# *he &% !e an &%ry are makin! their ecision base on the cre ibility establishe # $n these three cases, it is the cre ibility b%ilt by both the petitioner an the respon ent 0which are both name %n er co%rt basics in all three of the attache materials3# 4ye5#or! has an o"erwhelmin! amo%nt of cre ibility# $t is %se by colle!es all thro%!ho%t America, incl% in! the 6ni"ersity of .entral @lori a, as well as other co%ntries when st% yin! American !o"ernment# 4ye5 takes the information of co%rt cases irectly from the case transcripts where they then ha"e senior researchers -elanie 9ibbler !ra %ate of .hica!o8 9ent .olle!e of :aw an $llinois State 6ni"ersity an .hristina Walker worke for .77 an *he Weekly workin! on case abstracts alon! with o"er 22 other assistants# le school or hi!her to %n erstan , the sentences are concise an to the

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Altho%!h the aforementione people are only in the writin! of the oc%ments, the hea of site re esi!n is An rew Gr%en# 'e is responsible for the colorin!, spacin!, bol in!, an italici5in! of the website# *he most helpf%l e+ample of color on the 4ye5 website is their "is%al representation of co%rt opinions# ,We isplay "otes %sin! hea shots of the &%stices# Acti"e ima!es si!nal "otin! with the ma&ority, opa<%e ima!es si!nal "otin! with the minority an missin! ima!es si!nal no participation# *he a%thor of a ma&ority opinion will be frame in p%rple, an the a%thor of a &% !ment of the .o%rt will be frame in !reen# -ore etails abo%t a &%stice;s "ote can be isplaye by mo"in! the mo%se o"er his or her pict%re#/

Appen i+ B shows a ecision on the co%rt case of -arb%ry ?# -a ison where the S%preme .o%rt came to the ecision of B "otes for -a ison an 0 "otes a!ainst# *his chart e"elope by 4ye5 that shows "otin! in the S%preme .o%rt in"ites not only lawyers, b%t also the !eneral p%blic to participate in their website by makin! s%ch a simple way to rea abo%t a case# *his website has a "ery lar!e s%pport !ro%p# *hey ha"e recei"e ma&or !rants from or!ani5ations s%ch as the national Science @o%n ation, ,*eachin! with *echnolo!y/ from the 7ational Cn owment for the '%manities, an e"en Goo!le# *hey also recei"e s%pport ann%ally from a co%ntless n%mber of benefactors as well as 7orthwestern 6ni"ersity :ibraries, the Weinber! .olle!e of Art an Sciences, the -# )# Ba%er @o%n ation, @in :aw, an J%stia# All these s%pporters allow 4ye5#or! to access more than D,000 ho%rs of S%preme .o%rt case a% io# 4ye5 stri"es to make its website as %ser8frien ly to the p%blic as possible#

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Works .ite (e"itt, Amy J#, Anis Bawarshi, an -ary Jo )eiff# E-ateriality an Genre in the St% y of (isco%rse .omm%nities#E B1#1 020033F 121811D# Web# D Sept# 2013 $$* .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# EAbo%t 4ye5#E *he 4ye5 Pro&ect at $$* .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# C # Prof# Jerry Gol man an )esearch Professors of :aw# 7ational Science @o%n ation, n# # Web# 1G Sept# 2013# -A)B6)> "# -A($S47# *he 4ye5 Pro&ect at $$* .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# 1G September 2013# HhttpFIIwww#oye5#or!IcasesI1DG281J10I1J03I1J03K0L# -..6::4.' "# -A)>:A7(# *he 4ye5 Pro&ect at $$* .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# 1G September 2013# HhttpFIIwww#oye5#or!IcasesI1DG281J10I1J1GI1J1GK0L# 7CW >4)9 *$-CS "# S6::$?A7# *he 4ye5 Pro&ect at $$* .hica!o89ent .olle!e of :aw# 1G September 2013# HhttpFIIwww#oye5#or!IcasesI1GB081GBGI1GB3I1GB3K3GL#