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IDEA SCAVENGER HUNT

Taylor Smith

University of Central Florida


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One of the discourse communities I am apart of is an organization I have recently joined

but has been established for many years. While many people stereotype Greek life as

superficial and basic, I have found that it’s much more than going on date functions and hosting

fun events. I have learned how cutthroat and intense it is to account for over 200 people. The

key things that I have connected the importance of writing and rhetoric with sororities as a

whole is the use of genre and specific lexis. I have found four articles that demonstrate the

many different avenues of communication between members of the sorority and examples of

words and phrases specialized to the particular organization. Both of these writing related

topics are necessary in order for the chapter to function on a daily basis.

Teri Kline Henley (2001) Utilizing Research to Develop a Plan to Gain Members and Increase

Morale in a University Sorority, Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 8:4, 103-

112, DOI: 10.1300/J054v08n04_09. This article goes into detail about one genre of

communication, which is weekly chapter meetings. Usually taken place on Sunday

evening, this is where the president and her executive board sit upon the entire chapter

and reflect on the last week. This is also a platform to make announcements of future

endeavors and address any issues.

Long, L. D. (2012). UNCHALLENGED, PROFESSED CORE VALUES: Do undergraduate

Fraternity/Sorority members actually benefit in the areas of scholarship, leadership,

service, and friendship? College Student Affairs Journal, 30(2), 15-30,92. Retrieved from

https://login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?

url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1503763845?accountid=10003. This article


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also touches on the many ways the members of a sorority communicate with one

another in order to get things done. It is required for each member to hold some sort of

position, big or small. In order for a position head to pass on information that is too

trivial for chapter meetings, the sorority will use the app Group Me. This allows for word

to be spread instantaneously to a wide audience.

Mongell, S., & Roth, A. E. (1991). Sorority rush as a two-sided matching mechanism. The

American Economic Review, 81(3), 441. Retrieved from

https://login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?

url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/233023746?accountid=10003. This article

lays out all things recruitment, which can be very confusing to anyone not familiar with

Greek life. Certain phrases like ‘rush’ and ‘PNM’ are catered toward this specific

discourse community when in communication with one another.

Berbary, L. A. (2013). REFLECTIONS OF CULTURE: A DIARY OF A SORORITY GIRL. Creative

Approaches to Research, 6(1), 6-43. Retrieved from

https://login.ezproxy.net.ucf.edu/login?

url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1758008261?accountid=10003. This article

gives journal entries of a girl going through the rush process, and she uses a phrase

called “going suicide”. This refers to a potential new member who is dead set on a

particular sorority and discounts all of the others. This type of lexis sounds very extreme

for an outsider with no context, but in Greek life it is understood.


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