Discourse Community is a term that defines a certain type of communication among a group of people, or community. This type of communication involves a written or spoken argument that all the community can relate to and understand. An example of this can be a set of goals for the community.
A Commonplace can be classified as a scrapbook or a book with recollections of sayings, poems, pictures etc. It is an argument of general application.
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Hi Ms. Samantha,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that the community must communicate with a certain language that everyone understands. It can be English, but yes, it can be goals that the particular community have. Cool.
Hey Samantha-
ReplyDeleteI like your focus on communication here, but keep in mind that the discourse community is actual a community that has specialized communication practices, language, images, etc that allows them to bond as a group.
Also, commonplaces can be kept in bookforms (as the ones you probably saw in the powerpoint) but they are more often the agreed-upon shortcuts in visual and spoken language that bonds a group - like a peace sign for 1960s hippies or the image of Pistol Pete for Aggies.
Jen