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Instructions:
Answer the following questions related to James Porter's "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community"; these questions are designed to get you thinking about understanding the text, and designed to get you thinking about the value of the text:


How would you define intertextuality?

What is the difference between iterability and presupposition?

Why does Porter argue that originality is almost impossible, and all material is largely plagiarized?

In what way is writing not a "simple linear, one-way movement"?

Why do you think reading this is important for you to understanding writing, and how might you use this essay in developing your Formal Essay?