On the internet there exists a beneficial resource called Meme Generators which, if used correctly, can help any person learn the conventions and rhetorical patterns of a Genre. In essence, these Meme Generators help define a genre for someone who would otherwise not have been able to see the patterns.Three very different Meme Generators rest in Meme Generator.net, Pandyland.net/random, and pdos.csail.edu/scigen. Each website creates a format utilizing patterns that juxtapose one another and show the variance of how a genre is defined,

Considering the Scigen meme generator, one can see that it utilizes a very academic format which would be used for a more scholarly audience. The website creates academic papers that would have basis in scientific fact, would use graphs as a means of illustrating their point, and uses sources to prove the validity of their hypothesis. An article with these conventions, patterns, and rhetorical devices would not be written for a layman that is seeking entertainment, rather a scholar attempting to further educate himself or herself. The intense jargon is matched with a lack of rhetorical devices that would make the paper enticing to a common reader, such as puns, allusions, alliterations, etc., choosing instead to use Ethos and logos to establish credibility and appeal to the audience, The lack of Pathos demonstrates further the scientific nature of the genre because, as my HIgh School Science teacher said, “No one cares about your opinions until you have established yourself to be credible”. This style of writing deeply contrasts the other two products of the Meme Generators, as the other two do not have to focus on credibility or appeal to such an uptight audience.

The Meme Generator on Pandyland.net created comically irreverent three “box” comics which appeal to a general audience with a sense of humor. The appeal comes from the lack of scientific jargon that makes the Scigen meme generator so popular, opting for simple sentence structures that do not make it such difficult read. The Comic further establishes its appeal to the layman by having a very normal premise, two people having a conversation about occurrences. What makes the comic genre so unique, though, is not the lack of scholarly jargon, but its means of communicating with the audience, drawings. The comic uses its irreverent humor and matches it with anti-climactic endings which, in their own way, are humorous, often starting with relevant dialogue and ending with in a nonsensical manner. What makes the comic genre so unique, though, can be described with The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words”, and that is what a comic can establishes. The comic characters come to life through the drawings, as their facial expressions are translated better than they could ever be through writing. The drawings are, perhaps, the biggest contrast between the other two genres as they communicate through different means.

The simplest of all the meme generators is memegenerator.net, which allows users to add titles to a picture. Each picture is characterized differently and are not interchangeable. What a meme does is create a door from the creator to the reader, often a wary internet user, by giving relatable, often comical, views and stories that are normal or preposterous.  For example, Futurama Fry exists so that the creator can ponder with the audience about a situation. It often begins with “ Not sure if…. or….”. The reader may find the situation relatable, establishing logos between a reader and the creator. Memes create a one way dialogue which would not be as lengthy as a book or a comic, as the words must fit on a small picture. The language is usually very simple (often misspelled), not as complex as the scientific article and not as controlled as the comic because there is no one there to check for errors. Internet memes may not solely be created for the purpose of relating stories and ideas, they may also share jokes and riddles. The “Lame Pun Coon Meme” utilizes puns, a rhetorical device often used in a humorous way. Despite the variance of memes, they all share the same look. All memes share a pattern hinting at what the creator will talk about and the actual story, joke, or opinion over the picture. Though not as expressive as comics, the meme’s use of pictures improve the communication of the creators words better than it would without them.

Meme generators exist to help a student see the patterns hidden in a genre. Using these websites and searching for genres can help a reader understand the style of writing that must be used to replicate it. A person can not begin to write a paper without internalizing what a paper encompasses. Meme generators serve as a guidance tool into the world of genre.