Mini Multimodal Assignment: Creating Discourse Community Maps
The Assignment’s Rhetorical Situation
We have defined the concept of a “discourse community” as a social group that communicates, in part, using written texts but also shares common goals, values, writing standards, specialized vocabulary, and specialized genres. Now, please illustrate your understanding by creating a discourse community map, using the following rhetorical situation:
Purpose: Show your audience your membership in a discourse community by illustrating its goals, genres, languages (vocabulary), and gaining membership. (Note: Your map should reflect the discourse community you chose to use for Project #1)
Audience: Your audience will be your scholarly peers, and you can assume that they have only a casual knowledge of your chosen discourse communities.
Assignment Guidelines:
Please create a Discourse Community Map that shows its goals, genres, specific languages and/or vocabulary, and how one gains access or membership to the community. Use the samples below, course materials and Google to help you. The text should include the following:
Include clear explanations & examples of the goals, genres, specificlanguages, & membershipaccess
Provide a reference or citation for each resource used (does not have to follow MLA standards)
Show understanding of the rhetorical situation by creating a neat & organized text
Use multiple modes of communication (alphabetic text, sounds, images, colors, font, video, etc.)
A two-three sentence reflection describing your rationale for the decisions that you made
Assignment Assessment:
Your text will be evaluated using the following criteria:
Including clear explanations & examples
Illustrating accurate understanding of what a discourse community is and/or means
Avoiding plagiarism by citing or referencing outside materials
Using creativity and rhetorical skills
Creating a neat and logical text
Posting it and the descriptive reflection to Blackboard on time and correctly