1. What did you take away from this reading??The question needs about 100-150 words?

Read the linked sources and answer the following: ?The following six questions have no specific word count requirements, and each question should be answered in about 2 sentences.?

1. What did reading “A Simple Explanation of Discourse Community with Examples (Links to an external site.)” teach you about Discourse Communities?
2. What did reading “Discourse Communities” (Links to an external site.) from the TCBOK teach you about Discourse Communities?
3. What did reading “Yeah, I’ve Reddit: Why and How Reddit is Becoming the World’s Most Influential Discourse Community (Links to an external site.)” teach you about Discourse Communities?
4. What did reading “Fandom and Participatory Culture” (Links to an external site.) teach you about Discourse Communities?
5. Did any of these texts discuss writing practices as part of the DC? Which and what did it say?
6. How do the authors and websites impact your opinion of the material and its credibility?

Using the USF Library (Links to an external site.), locate a scholarly article related to a DC and respond to the following:

1. What article(s) did you locate, and how did you locate it?
2. What was it about, and how was it related to a DC?
3. Format the article using MLA guidelines (hanging indention may not show in Canvas, but include all other requirements for MLA )
4. Does the abstract include a clear thesis that states the finding? If so, state it. If not, what does the abstract include?
5. Finally, list at least three things you learned from watching the instructional videos and one thing you learned from searching in the library.

1. Write how you might use scholarly articles in your possible career path in the future. Be as specific as possible. If you do not have a major/career picked out, no worries! Feel free to pick something that seems interesting to you or that you might want to learn more about. Ex. surgeon, teacher, marketing, sales, military, etc. ?This question requires an answer of about 150 words?

Read and annotate “The Concept of Discourse Community: Some Recent Personal History” (Links to an external site.) and complete the following:

1. In one paragraph, explain Swales’ definition of a Discourse Community (include one direct quote and format all source material).
2. How is the scholarly reading and its definition of a DC different from the public/popular sources you explored? How are they the same—what elements overlap across explanations and conversations?
3. Explain the example of the Herbarium, English Language Institute, and the Computer Center, and discuss how it can help you determine what is a DC, what isn’t a DC, and what is somewhere in the middle.
4. Consider your potential Discourse Community with Swales’ eight criteria in mind. Where does your DC fit within Swales’ criteria? Would Swales say it is a DC, isn’t a DC, or is somewhere in the middle. Explain why and use specific content from the article.

Using the first two sentences from the template in Reading 14.2, write one or two formatted sentences with a signal phrase and a general overview of what Swales does in “The Concept of Discourse Community: Some Recent Personal History” (Links to an external site.)