1. The author is John Swales a linguist who is known for his work in genre analysis. Born in Sheffield, UK and grew up in private school then shortly received his degree in psychology at the Queens College. He later was a professor of linguistics and the co director of the Michigan corpus of academic spoken English at the university of Michigan.
2. I would think his targeted audience is someone who is a fan of his. he keeps referencing to other books he has wrote. on the other hand it could be for a young inspired writer.
3. Being able to express to our audience through our words the argument we are trying to get across. or in other words our point of view. without totally disagreeing with other point of views. it first tries to teach you how to form an argument then correctly present it.
4. I feel the gap was that there is more then one concept to follow that made up the community. there are 6 discourse concepts that makes up the community.

• the audience i feel fit best for this piece is the first audience because in the passage they talk about how he tries to use words such as calling us stupid feeding off our emotions. he compares the power of being a winning team and the power it gives them over other teams that are loosing. So as to speak the winning team would be America and with that comes power. he wants to change our minds and attitudes with changing the subject matter to fit a more understanding circumstance. he tells the reader what they should consider.
• Stein portrays himself as a voice for the under dog or minorities.
• i believe he was not trying to convince anyone, he is a speaking for those who agree with him and to make them feel they are right. to give them reassurance.
• No, because he immediately starts the reading off with calling them out. He wants to rally up those who believe and agree with him. He does not care what the audience thinks only those who agree with him.
• I feel that stein is trying to get us to understand that there is a future to success without having to be the dominant one. In my opinion like the saying you dont have to dim someones else light to shine.
• I feel the problem with having a essay like this is it could be very hard to understand what point of view the author is trying to get you to agree with. because you could agree with one point of view from one side and some from the other sides of the argument.

• discourse community – when a group of people share goals or purposes and uses communication to achieve them.
• what is happening when people move along these different communities.
• what is the concept of discourse community ?
• 6 distinct characteristics help define discourse communities.
• changing the way we approach and read text.
• communities of practice is another name for discourse communities.
• how does language change the way we view different text.

• the readers are readers of time magazine, non Yankee fans. and they address them as Yankee haters.
• that america doesn’t need to be involved in other wars or things that dont pertain to them.
• something they had in common is they both wanted success and freedom he compares the two by saying “people came to america for the same reason that A-rod came to the yankees”.
• yes, he is using comparisons of Yankees fans and Americans to support his claims.
• the audience i feel fit best for this piece is the first audience because in the passage they talk about how he tries to use words such as calling us stupid feeding off our emotions. he compares the power of being a winning team and the power it gives them over other teams that are loosing. So as to speak the winning team would be America and with that comes power. he wants to change our minds and attitudes with changing the subject matter to fit a more understanding circumstance. he tells the reader what they should consider.
• Stein portrays himself as a voice for the under dog or minorities.
• i believe he was not trying to convince anyone, he is a speaking for those who agree with him and to make them feel they are right. to give them reassurance.

• discourse community – when a group of people share goals or purposes and uses communication to achieve them.
• finding ways to use the language in different communities.
• “Communities of practice” is another name for discourse communities.
• acculturated – adept at the culture
• activity systems – center on a common project or goal
• multilitericies – explains how people read not only text but other people and activities

• what is rhetoric ? where did it come from ?
• rhetoric is a Greek tradition of preparing speeches.
• Greek elders who were the experts in rhetoric taught it to the younger Greek boys.
• Not everyone was allowed to use this, only those of upper class.
• Sophists area group of Greeks that believed anyone can learn rhetoric as long as they paid them.
• They were believed to be ruining the ancient rt of Rhetoric.
• Rhetoric – using the available means of persuasion to make an argument.
• we use these strategies to form our writing.
• Logos, pathos, ethos, audience are all tools used t make arguments more effective.

• The process of persuasive writing starts immediately as the reader begins to read.
• Every argument serves a purpose.
• Giving supportive reasons on each side of the argument is good .
• choosing a good topic in an argument is very important.
• develop a working thesis.
• understand multiple view points.
• writing an effective argument includes understanding other sides and opinions.
• be sure to consider your audience and aim.
• Argue to inquire this includes perspectives and rogerian arguments.

• In college we should all be active readers
• you should skim through what ever it is your reading from beginning to end. Gathering information about the text.
• reading a short text at least two times is very helpful. The first read is to understand what the text is about and it’s purpose. Secondly read would be to actually sit back and dive in deep to focus on these text.
• Is the author comparing historical writers to modern day writers? (pg.52)
• Facts, opinions, and beliefs are all 3 different things.

• Im at UC blue ash because it was for one cheaper then main campus and less hassle of getting to classes with all the people.
• this section worked out better in my schedule for dropping off and picking up my daughter and the rest of my classes i had to take.
• Cincinnati, OH
• unfortunately i was born here !
• I major in communications and minor in marketing.
• because i didnt have a specific field of study that i could decide on so i choose a major that i could enter any field or industry that interest me by the time i graduated. I also like the idea of doing public relations.
• Fashion, music, and deep conversations about humanity and our existence, traveling.
• Sing
• for soft-skills i could offer consistency, listening, patience and ideas, and even my time. As for Hard-skills i would be able to offer my great communication skills, my sales driven attitude and, expertise.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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