The discourse community to which the text belongs is the class Engl 20, section 47. The professor, Daniel Hammond, is the expert of this community who helps teach novices, students in that class. The text serves as an expert guide for novices to follow. Without such writing, students would not know what is expected of them in class and essentially what to expect, in general, from the course they are attempting to take. In a sense, the text also acts as an unspoken contract between the beginner and the experts, so there is an understanding of what is required between both parties. Through the text, the members of this community are somehow united in their common goal of having every student pass the standard level of college writing required to graduate from California State University Sacramento.2. At first glance one can assume that this specific textual medium used in this discourse community has the characteristics of an Engl 20 program. There is a course description, a grade breakdown and other common elements in most programs that ca...