Two articles from separate discourse communities were chosen to be compared for the purpose of identifying, analyzing, and reflecting upon different genre conventions. The two communities being compared are the business and writing communities represented by “Globalization, National Identity and Foreign Policy: Understanding 'Global Korea'” by Jojin V. John. John (2015) and “Rhetorical Reading Strategies and the Construction of Meaning” by Christina Haas and Linda Flower (1988) respectively. John (2015) wrote his article about Korea’s history on foreign policy and how it has impacted Korea’s relationship with other countries, including business based relationships. Haas and Flower (1988) constructed their article around a study they conducted about rhetorical strategies utilized by different levels of readers.
Identification
John’s (2015) article is written in APA and contains an abstract and a keywords section, but no biography. The abstract serves as a summary of the purpose of the article, to introduce the audience to his topic, and begin defining Korean words that he uses through-out his article. Keywords identify common words used throughout the piece that are imperative to the understanding of the article. Even numbered pages have author’s name at the top and journal information at the bottom, while odd …show more content…
Because Haas and Flowers (1988) conducted their own research, they are speaking from their own point of view, and because research requires vigorous planning and execution, an active voice is used to reflect that. Haas and Flowers (1988) also avoid complicated jargon so that the study speaks for itself and is easier to digest for the audience. The discourse community also had the authors use Times New Roman font in size twelve, because it is a standard size and font that everyone can understand and read without taking up too much
Identification
John’s (2015) article is written in APA and contains an abstract and a keywords section, but no biography. The abstract serves as a summary of the purpose of the article, to introduce the audience to his topic, and begin defining Korean words that he uses through-out his article. Keywords identify common words used throughout the piece that are imperative to the understanding of the article. Even numbered pages have author’s name at the top and journal information at the bottom, while odd …show more content…
Because Haas and Flowers (1988) conducted their own research, they are speaking from their own point of view, and because research requires vigorous planning and execution, an active voice is used to reflect that. Haas and Flowers (1988) also avoid complicated jargon so that the study speaks for itself and is easier to digest for the audience. The discourse community also had the authors use Times New Roman font in size twelve, because it is a standard size and font that everyone can understand and read without taking up too much