Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice

PROMPT
For this essay, youll be working with Ann Johnss text and Mirabellis text to write an essay addressing the following questions:
What does Johns tell us about discourse communities (how they function, how people become members, what their purposes are, etc.)?
In what ways does Mirabellis text serve to complicate her discussion of discourse communities?
To address this prompt, youll need to thoroughly analyze your chosen texts and have a solid understanding of the main claims being made by both.
Present your answer as an argument, using specific evidence from both texts to support your ideas.
For this essay, be careful not to focus too much on the obvious or surficial similarities/ differences between the texts, as such connections typically do not call for substantial analysis.
Instead, try to explore the deeper meaning to be found between the lines, as a means to understand the more fundamental ideas each text is presenting.
Your essay should be well-argued and well-organized. Be sure to state a thesis and consistently support your ideas with relevant textual evidence and thoughtful analysis

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