Rhetorical Analysis-Discourse Community Document Analysis
• To explain the common textual conventions and writing behaviors (style and structure) of a professional document used in your discourse community (academic discipline / major)
• To assist new members of a profession in engaging with professional documents
• To enhance your academic discipline and professional literacy (think Swales) and, hence, your critical thinking about your major and profession.
• To rhetorically analyze a discourse community document / professional document
