Writing Guides by Genre

What is genre?

Groupings of different types of texts according to their writing conventions. For example, we’d expect a literature review to be much longer and use a more academic tone than a letter to the editor.

Student resources

• Citations
• Career documents
  • Cover letters
  • Resumes
• Policy or professional texts
  • Memos
  • Briefs
  • Emails
• Academic/research writing
  • Master’s Project (link to Handbook)
  • Research paper
  • Scientific journal article
  • Literature review (link to Duke Libraries Guide)
• Visual
  • Infographics
  • ArcGIS StoryMaps
• Public speaking
  • Presentations
  • Interviewing

Faculty Resources