My intended audiences are college students and institutions of higher education in the U.S. The primary characteristics of college students in the topic of depression among students are that they are the main subjects who should be treated in order to reduce the risk factors of this issue due to academic and personal affairs. Next, institutions of higher educations also consider as my audience for the Composition in Two Genres because they can have more access to help the students who suffer from depression by coming from the same institution. They can provide sessions and support to students in order to better understand and easier to help those individuals (college students) through their conditions.

I want my audience to feel, understand, and do something toward the matter of depression by letting them know the importance of this issue and how this might cause significant consequences if not handled properly. Next, I want my audience such as students, themselves from college and institutions of higher education to do something to try to reduce the risk factors of depression (suicide, alcohol, misconduct), and some of the things they could do when faced with these conditions (depressed, stressed, sadness) to feel better.

I could make my genres more accessible and attractive through posters and memes. My genre in poster would be placed inside the institution (college) to make it noticeable for students and educators who pass from there. Another, in the meme, will be done in social media, such as on Instagram since it is a network for people to interact with each other, and it is an easy way to transfer ideas and information. Next, it is a great social networking web for teenagers, especially college students to get access to, since this is one of the things they spend most of the time with.

In rhetorical strategies, I will use pathos and logos in my poster by attaching texts, images, and maybe some quotes from people who have suffered depression to state their views and attitudes by the time they have faced this issue to help my audience in both college students and institutions of higher education understand what some of the problems and consequences might include in the matter of depression. Finally, the meme would mainly transfer ideas of logos by also attaching images, and texts to tell some of the causes and treatments of depression to my audience of college students, so they can better know what to do when faced in this situation.

For this assignment, I would like to continue my focus on divorce and its effects on children in the United States. I’m leaning towards using a poster or a subway ad, and a meme. I think that using a poster would be able to relay the most information because it allows me to use the most text. I’d be able to write short paragraphs as well as use an image to convey the important facts that I want to share. Similarly, a subway ad also gives me a good amount of space to write more. Also, a large amount of people ride the subway everyday, and when they are on a train, they are likely to read the ads posted around them. This ensures that the ad I am creating will reach a large number of people. The internet is another place where a visual representation of my project can potentially reach thousands of people. Usually what goes viral on the interwebs, especially on social media such as Instagram and Twitter are memes. They’re quick to read and easy to digest, and even easier to share. I believe all of these mediums will serve my initial research paper well because they each reach a large audience. The subway ad could be geared more towards parents, since they will most likely be the ones taking the subway, and therefore the ones that will most likely see the subway ads. Meanwhile, the meme is geared more towards the children, since teenagers as young as thirteen tend to already have social media. Through the meme, they would be able to easily understand how their parents may or may not be treating them correctly in a more humorous tone. If they can relate to it, they will also easily be able to share it.