Summary
In her article "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces", Elizabeth Wardle attempts to explain to the reader that writing in a new situation in a new discourse community, such as a job, can be very difficult. She argues this by telling a story about "Alan", who has trouble adjusting to the new discourse community that is surrounding him because he assumes that he has more authority than the others in his department.
Synthesis
This article can be compared to all of the other articles that we have read about discourse community. It relates to Gee because Alan certainly was a great example of the either you're in or you're out mentality of the Gee article. While she defines what she believes to be a discourse community like Swales does, she takes a whole new approach to it by using the example of Alan to explain what effects the discourse community can have on a person rather than just explaining them. As part of this new approach, Wardle also introduces the concept of "tools" in discourse communities that none of the other articles talked about.
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