The purpose of this chapter is to “contribute to the development of understandings and policies that build more respect and recognition for service workers to help ensure it does not become equated with servitude.” To be literate of the menu at Lou’s, you must have a literal interpretation of the words in the menu and …
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blue-collar service workers are multi literate because they not only read texts, but also people and situations purpose: to contribute to the development of understandings and policies that build more respect and recognition for service work to make sure that it does to become confused with servitude literate: having control of a socially accepted association …
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Text Questions speech communities are centripetal because they tend to absorb people into the general fabric and gain members through birth, accident, or adoption, discourse communities are centrifugal because they tend to separate people into occupational or speciality-interest groups and gain members through persuasion, training, or qualification according to Swales, the six defining characteristics of …
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Discourse Communities: How Do Communities Shape Writing? purpose: argues that literacy learning is never over because we never stop evolving and acquiring new literacies as we move among different discourse communities discourses: group members’ shared ways of being in the world discourse community: a group of people with shared goals or purposes that uses communication …
Evidence Accurate: I believe that the author used accurate information Relevant: The evidence does relate directly to the claim Sufficient: There is enough evidence to be convincing Representative: The author does use typical examples rather than exceptions to the rule Assumptions The author assumes that the reader is in on the joke and agrees with …
Making Arguments in Academic Contexts arguments vary in form and content across fields of practice claim and support: an argument should include a claim about a contested issue and and support for the claim in the form of good reasons, examples, expert knowledge, and verbal and visual evidence a claim is made in the thesis …
Predictions: Title The title does not remind me of any other texts The title gives a brief idea of the author’s argument on why rooting for the most privileged team makes sense Context The historical context of this article is clearly shown through the author’s referencing of events from 2004, such as Alex Rodriguez joining …
College students should be active readers make predictions about the text argue with the author ask questions write down thoughts and feeling about the text Make predictions about the text title does the title remind you of other texts? does the title summarize the text? contents what do the chapter titles lead you to believe? …
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