Project Homework: Discourse Community
Your first project is adapted from Catherine Latterell's "Remix: Reading & Composing Culture." Here is the prompt:
Write 2 ½ to 3 pages essay. The essay is about a discourse community in which you describe what makes this discourse community, in fact, a community. To begin, review the handout "Discourse Community and Culture" and identify personal, geographical, academic, and social communities to which you belong. Another idea is to identify a daily activity that you share with other people-for example, studying, taking the bus, or working out. As evidenced by the Fleet Feet blog, a community can be defined by a verb or action (i.e., running). For this first homework, please do not write about an online community. Lastly, your thesis for this project must include an iteration of this sentence: "________________ is a community."
Your essay should answer the following questions in essay form. Instead of answering the questions one by one, your job is to write a cohesive essay that answers these questions and supports your thesis:
1. What makes this group a community? What holds the group together?
2. What interests, needs, and values do these people share?
3. What tensions or differences work against the cohesion of this community?
4. How do you fit in with this group?
5. What makes this community one that you want to be part of?
6. How does membership in this discourse community impact your life? (e.g., how does it contribute to a life of significance and worth?)
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.