english 105
Kaiyuan Wu
Project1detailsfall20171.docxProject 1: Discourse Communities
From our syllabus:
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Everyone operates within several discourse communities (groups with shared interests or beliefs). From the inside looking out, a community member is often unaware of the history of their group and its conventions, and why or how others have come to have misrepresented ideas. This project will investigate different communities and the misconceptions or stereotypes of those communities. This first paper will attempt to do the same with our own communities, that we may only understand from an insider’s perspective.
This essay will use a small amount of research, and intensive rhetorical analysis. You are encouraged to use interviews, film, music and Internet sources to develop your conception. Your final product will be 5 pages, including a cover letter reflecting on the process of composing.
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Additional project specifications:
-- Cover letter: recommended but optional
-- Length: 5 pages (this includes at least 2 pages double-spaced of actual writing; other pages may be images or multimedia, Works Cited, etc.)
--Printed draft Due Thu. Sept. 7; Second draft due Th. Sept. 14
-- Some writers may prefer to focus on only one discourse community for the whole assignment. Others may choose two or more and analyze how these different communities connect. Many entries in the list below will be too vague by themselves; selecting two rather than one and focusing on how they overlap or intersect is often an effective way to get more specific in your argument / main idea.
-- This writing may be in first person (I, me, my) or third person (they, their), or a mixture of both.
-- Works Cited page: MLA format. Separate page from essay body. Use more than one source total. At least one source should be an article.
-- Other source rules: Please make sure your source has the basic “who, what, when, where” details (author, date, etc). Do not cite Wikipedia or your friend’s social media account, for example.
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Possible choices for discourse communities: (please send ideas to add to this list)
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America (from a non-American perspective, or from an American one)
African American communities
Children of military parents
Korean people’s experience in North vs. South war, 1950-Present
LGBTQ (Lesbian gay bisexual trans and queer)
Military spouses, difference between their life experience and other’s experience
Women in the military
People with disabilities
