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    these appeals a writer such as I‚ will be able to convince this class of my success in joining the discourse community of animal shelter volunteers. A discourse Community is a community of people who share not only knowledge about specific shared topics but also similar backgrounds‚ values‚ and share a common language. I will prove in this paper that I successfully entered one of these discourse communities and was accepted by showing my

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    book Made in Detroit is a clear example of a discourse community. The main reasons that the Arkansas boys are a discourse community is because of their profession‚ where they spend time‚ and how they interact with one another. One thing that relates to all of the Arkansas boys and makes them a discourse community is their profession. All of them are salvagers working at an automotive plant in Detroit. This fits into Swales concepts of a discourse community because all the workers have a common goal

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    The Vegetarian Discourse Community “Talk lives in a man’s head‚ but sometimes it is very lonely because in the heads of many men there is nothing to keep it company - and so talk goes out through the lips.” ― Beryl Markham‚ West with the Night Roughly ten years ago‚ I was an impressionable fifth grader looking for a belief to stand by when I conveniently happened to stumble upon PETAs website in my elementary school ’s computer lab. After watching multiple investigative videos of the gruesome

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    Report On "A Discourse On Inequality"‚ By Jean Jacques Rousseau In Rousseau’s book "A Discourse On Inequality"‚ he looks into the question of where the general inequality amongst men came from. Inequality exists economically‚ structurally‚ amongst different generations‚ genders‚ races‚ and in almost all other areas of society. However‚ Rousseau considers that there are really two categories of inequality. The first is called Natural/Physical‚ it occurs as an affect of nature. It includes inequalities

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    A Discourse Community and Cosmetology To some people a cosmetologist may not have the perfect job. However they have been around for centuries. Cosmetologists didn’t have the name they have today‚ but they date back to Ancient Egypt‚ China‚ Rome‚ and Greece. Every culture has incorporated beauty into their everyday lifestyle. The field of cosmetology is somewhat of a more broader field than others. Cosmetologists can decide to style hair or he/she can chose to incorporate hair‚ skin‚ and nails

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    The community “are a groups of disciples and social group” (Swales‚ 217)of engineers which are referred to as a Discourse Community. Essentially‚ Thorat’s audience and discourse community are those of who are highly anticipating new technology and basic engineering skills. His articles focus on engineering concepts. He mostly focuses on softwares

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    Learning about discourse community in writing is very essential because it helps students learn about their discourse communities. I learned a lot about the use of language in a discourse community. This essay has not only taught others about Pakistani community I have also learned new things about my community. This essay has also helped me move away from five-paragraph essay format. I have also read articles which described the discourse community the author entitled too. This essay has taught

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    Portfolio 1. Community is defined as a group of people who live in the same place or have a particular characteristic (Nelson & Prilletensky‚ 2005). Through this course‚ I have learnt that in community work community action‚ community development‚ social planning‚ community organisation and service extension are vital elements of community theory. I participated in community work as I engaged in educational non-profit mission in Korea community to improve the quality of education in primary schools

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    SOWK 543- Fall 2012 Assignment #1: Community Immersion Joseph Gossner 9/25/12 Stephanie Carter Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to compare and contrast two smaller sub-communities that are encompassed by the larger community of Santa Maria‚ California. This paper will promote the beliefs and theories of modern Social Workers‚ and address the resources and needs of the two communities in question. The compilation of this paper was derived from research that was conducted

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    Community Oriented Policing In spite of the fact that the United States still exceeds many other industrialized nations in overall crime and violent crime‚ it has been effective in decreasing its crime rate‚ particularly during the 1990s. While some coalitions have attributed this positive development to changes in socio-demographic trends and rigid enforcement approaches‚ one coalition highlights the success of the community-oriented policing and problem-oriented policing in eradicating the root

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