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This is #3 of 6 application activities that will be assigned throughout the quarter. You must
complete and submit 5 application activities during the quarter.
This assignment asks you to apply material covered in chapter 5 of the textbook.
Task
Write 2-3 paragraphs of 5-6 sentences each, answering the following questions:
Which of your co-cultures is most important in shaping your sense of self? Which ones are less
important? (For example, you may identify strongly as a Latina but not identify as strongly as a
Catholic.) Why? Are there ever situations in which your different co-cultural identities clash
with one another? Briefly explain how and when the clashes occur.
• When answering the first question, you can think beyond more than just
ethnicity, race, nationality – although you can and should include those. Examples:
Seattle/Pacific Northwest culture, workplace cultures, groups you belong to that
have developed a strong community culture, in addition to things like race,
religion, nationality ,etc.
Citation Requirements
• Use at least one direct quotation from chapter 5 to support your ideas. Your
quotation should be a substantive, fundamental part of your writing, and you
should explain how the quotation supports your ideas. A direct quotation must
have quotation marks around the words that were written by the textbook
authors (that is true is all classes and, in all writing, everywhere, anytime you are
using words that are not your own). As is always the case when citing someone
else’s work to support your ideas, the supporting quotation must be integrated into
your own writing. If your supporting quotation is separated or set apart from your
own writing (for example, made into its own paragraph), then it cannot support
your ideas.
• When you quote the textbook, you do not need a full citation at the end of your
post because we are all drawing from a common text, but you must include the
authors’ names either in the body of the text or in parentheses, and you must
include the textbook page number in parentheses. For example: McCornack and
Morrison tell us that “it is your public self that your friends, family members, and
romantic partners hold dear” (42). I do know that one of the e-publishers has a
different page numbering system. That’s fine, I can generally recognize both
