1. Based on these texts, how would you define genre in your own words? 2. What parts of these texts did you find most helpful in clarifying the idea of genre? 3. What questions do you still have about anything in either of these texts? 4. According to Swales, A DC utilizes an evolving selection of genres in the furtherance of its sets of goals and as a means of instantiating its participatory mechanisms. These sets of genres are often particularized, as the genres are performed, re-performed, and refined. How would you connect that idea with Dirks and Bazermans discussions of genre? 5. Find a recent example of a non-academic writing task you completed (e.g., something for work or personal use, but not for a class). What was the genre? What were you trying to achieve when you wrote it? How did your purpose as a writer influence your decisions about how to construct the text?