The following sentences, taken from the same paragraph, have been jumbled. Put them in the correct order by numbering them, starting at $1.$

You are probably already familiar with many genres, although you may not know them as such; perhaps your knowledge of genres is limited to types of books, whether mystery, horror, action, etc.

Now I$\text{'}$m going to ask you to stick with me while I show you how knowledge of genres goes far beyond a simple discussion of types.

My purposes are to expand your definition of genre $($or to introduce you to a definition for the first time$)$ and to help you start thinking about how genres might apply to your own writing endeavours.

But above all, I hope to give you an awareness of how genres function by taking what is often quite theoretical in the field of rhetoric and composition and making it a bit more tangible$.$

So why was I talking about country songs?

I think that using such references can help you to see, in a quite concrete way, how genres function.