Schmidt & Kopple Discourse Community Article Review

After reading the Schmidt and Kopple article, please answer the questions below; please answer in complete sentences.

How do Schmidt and Kopple define/characterize discourse communities?
Why is this important to understand? (You as a person, you as a writer, you as a writer for this class)
What parts of this article are most directly helpful for your DC project?
The article also argues that there is a positive association between rhetoric and access (or widening one’s access) to various discourse communities—how do you see this in your own world?
How does awareness of one’s status as insider or outsider of a discourse community relate to “understanding audience”?
How does understanding the concept of discourse communities relate to an awareness of diverse systems of meaning making present in academia—and the world?