Discourse Students
For Thursday, Feb. 7, 2-4:00
You will bring 2-3 pages of analysis to the peer review. Make 3 copies of these pages if you are looking at metaphor (Ajay, David, Graham). Make 6 copies of these pages if you are looking at conversation (Emily, Kaitlin, Kimi, Lauren, Mimi, Sophie). Make 3 copies if you are doing research primarily (Kate, Koichi, Ry).
We will divide into three groups: one will be the analysis of metaphor and other rhetorical devices. A second group will comprise all those doing conversation analyses. The third will be those doing primarily research.
In each group, the work will be to read each analysis and discuss it. You should mark anything noteworthy, whether it is quite good or unclear. Please address, for each person’s analysis, the approach, the clarity of analysis, and what might still be missing.
You should send a copy of your analysis to Susan prior to class. You can send it at 1:30 the day it is due, for example. Send it as a .doc attachment.
How to organize this part of your research
First, you will explain your approach: what are you looking at precisely, and why? You will be introducing the analysis section of your research paper, so you will probably cite references. Be sure to put these in your References list at the end of your analysis.
Second, if you are doing discourse analysis, you will include 1-3 sections of talk, (conversation, speech, debate, legal argument, story). This must be written using the transcript conventions which are attached to the Projects Page as well as the Assignments Page. You should discuss what you see, and cite the line number so that the reader can easily see what you are talking about. If you are quoting a written speech, you still need to have line numbers if you are discussing a paragraph or several sentences. If you choose a different approach, that is fine, but please discuss it with Susan.
If, on the other hand, you are doing research and no discourse analysis, you should begin a section of the paper that is the most central: explain the major terms you are researching and at least one major argument about your topic.
References: Make sure you use APA format. Every time you enter information into your ever-growing Annotate Bibliography, if you have correctly used APA format, then References are simple: you simply copy and paste the references you have actually cited.
Please talk to or email Susan if you are not sure about this assignment: