WJ #03

Writer's Journal #3 - Discourse Communities as Audiences

DIRECTIONS

In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the chance to collect your thoughts on entering the conversations of a discourse community and using that community as your audience. To help you in this reflection, please respond to the following questions:

(1) As you think about your CRQ, what are the potential discourse communities you might be writing for? Put another way, who are the other groups that might be thinking about, writing on, and/or acting as a result of your CRQ?

(2) How might the discourse communities you describe above affect how you conduct inquiry? What will count as “evidence” with that audience?

(3) How might the discourse communities you describe above affect how you compose any texts directed at them as an audience?