English homework due oct 4 , 9 AM eastern time

Moving beyond your personal discourse communities, think of your future career in your field after graduation. What kind of professional organizations can you find in your discipline? Choose one that interests you. Applying the same considerations to this organization as you did with your personal discourse community, look for the same principles:

· shared goals

· mechanisms for intercommunication between groups

· How does the group use the above mechanisms to provide information and feedback to members?

· shared vocabulary (“lexis”) specific to this particular community

· genres and the role written texts play in furthering the group’s goals

· novice and expert members: who may join, how do they join / leave?

Explore the discourse community’s website, social media, and at least one published article from a professional / scholarly publication from this community.

Write a 4- to 5-page analysis that argues the purpose and benefits of belonging to the specific professional organization / discourse community in your field you have selected for this assignment. Follow the DCA Essay Structure posted on the Course Content page, using Swales’ six-points to support your claim that this organization is a discourse community.

Your essay should be double-spaced, using APA style, with properly formatted title and References pages. See sample Title page on Bb Course Content page. List references alphabetically by authors’ last names in a separate References page at the end of the paper. Title and References pages are in addition to the 4- to 5-page analysis.

Your introduction should define the term “discourse community,” based on Swales; mention your field and name the specific professional organization you have selected for this assignment. Thesis: argue that your chosen organization is a discourse community, according to Swales’ six-point definition.

Body paragraphs should use Swales’ terms and identify the aspects of your professional organization as a discourse community (one per paragraph). You should also:

· Provide a quote from each of three different genres the organization uses, e.g. scholarly article, trade magazine article, newsletter, blog, social media platform, etc., as evidence of your claims about each genre and the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, style). Required: Minimum of 1 quote from each genre properly formatted in APA style.