Discourse Community Analysis Practice

Guitar hero players and people who play guitar are not part of the same discourse community because

• The goals of each community are different

• Each community uses different methods of communication

• The expert members are really different

• Actually, they are part of the same discourse community

Guitar hero players and guitar instrumental players use different specific "lexis," or specialized language. Which answer has specialized words from only one of these communities?

• Chords, scales, high scores

• Pentatonic scale, chord progression, beats per measure

• Star power, high score, rock off

• Guitar, player, ham sandwich

Select a "genre" that is specific to only one of the following discourse communities: people who play guitar, guitar hero players

• Rock music

• Country music

• Video game

• Instrumental sheet music

Select a shared goal that is from only one of the following communities: people who play guitar, guitar hero players

• Learning a pentatonic scale

• Beating a song with a perfect score

• Having fun

• Mastering a skill

Select a method of intercommunication that fits into only one of our discussed groups

• Reddit guitar hero forum

• Texting about an interest

• Chat site to meet up and play with local guitar players

• Emails about fish

Select a kind of feedback specific to only one of our discussed groups

• Someone telling you "good job"

• Getting a song "perfect"

• Correction on a chord progression

• A number score at the end of a game/song

Select an example of an expert member from only one of our discussed communities

• Eddie Van Halen (rip)

• Your former roomate who taught you to play guitar hero

• The cat that lives on my street

• Your 1010 english teacher who can only play on medium difficulty

Which is an example of a shared public goal in a group of college writing students that unites them into a discourse community and requires them to work together?

• Discovering a new species of fungi

• Learning how to write more effectively

• Passing the class

• Learning to weld

Which is an example of a shared public goal in a group of college writing students that unites them into a discourse community and requires them to work together?

• Discovering a new species of fungi

• Learning how to write more effectively

• Passing the class

• Learning to weld

Which is a shared public goal in a discourse community of the USU rock climbing club?

• Being active with others who share the same interests

• Learning how to change their own oil

• Learning pet grooming techniques

• Becoming a better technical climber