The genre is the type of writing the paper is done in and with all the different genres, comes genre conventions which are the elements of the story. So throughout the semester, our main assignments were written in 3 different genres: scientific narrative, informative review, and position paper which all had different genre conventions. For example, in order for a writing to be a scientific narrative meaning it was written in a storytelling format and the content included the writer’s thoughts, feelings, and opinions. On the other hand, the informative review showed both sides of a topic and had no bias/stance whatsoever. And lastly, position papers had an arguable stance so writers discussed their side, had a counterargument, then later refuted that counterargument. Choosing the best genre for the writer’s topic can help convey their message to the audience more efficiently.