- Warrant- unspoken values a writer thinks he shares with his readers. These warrants are steeped and come out of the discourse of their specific discourse community.
- Argument style (evidence, reason, format, genre) comes from the discourse community.
- Knowledge is made thru discourse and creates multiliteraces for individual members to use
W.E.B Dubois
- Issue: That white leaders believed American was white. Blacks were of African decent and not truly American.
- Gap: What does the writer thinks the reader doesn’t understand? black don’t feel like they have an identity in the society and feel judged by whites standards and would then think to themselves that they are inferior.
Class response
- The issue is lack of opportunity. The work it takes to get the basic dignity, opportunities or treatment by the law.
- The readers could be wealthy African Americans and white Americans.
Readers:
