26 June 2013 NS3100 English Reading Response 5 What is a discourse community? To be completely honest‚ I have never actually heard of a discourse community before I read this article‚ so this is quite new to me. According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they
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Julia Allgeier Ms. Newhouse English 101 section 61 9/16/14 A Discourse Community Have you ever been among people who are very much like you? That it does not matter what differences you have you all have a lot more in common. A member of 4-H constitutes a discourse community because of an agreed set of common public goals‚ level of membership‚ and something that provides information and feedback. An agreed set of public goals for our community is that as a whole group
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Plato/Descartes Reading Response In both Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Descartes’ The Fourth Meditation‚ they discuss truth; what it is‚ where it comes from and how to differentiate it from falsehood and error. Plato’s paper is more metaphorical and uses imagery to paint a picture of his idea of truth‚ while Descartes’ is more straight forward‚ and uses examples. These papers are written very differently but are‚ at the same time‚ very similar when it comes to content. Although it’s not word
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similarity between the movie The Matrix‚ the cave analogy of Plato‚ and Descartes’ Meditation‚ is that all of these works doubt the reality of the world around us and call into question the validity of our sense perceptions. “Let us suppose‚” says Descartes‚ “that we are dreaming‚ and that all these particulars – namely‚ the opening of the eyes‚ the motion of the head‚ the forth-putting of the hands – are merely illusions” (Descartes‚ 1641‚ Meditations on First Philosophy). Likewise Plato proposed an
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Descartes is totally right to be suspicious about ’the given’ before accepting it as the establishment of learning‚ however‚ in the meantime‚ it is not the bravest thought to be distrustful about everything. Throughout first Meditation‚ Descartes disposes of all his past obtained opinion‚ which from his sense is highly dubious. (Descartes‚ Meditations I‚ pg.1‚para. 1) Accordingly‚ he chooses to rebuild his insight from a specific ground and totally believe in things that are indubitable. (Descartes
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Discourse Communities In today’s world‚ there are many different discourse communities that consist of how someone speaks at home versus how someone speaks at school. In Amy Tam’s essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” she explains her discourse communities and how they affect her life. I think it is safe to say that she is not the only one who deals with this. I myself find myself talking differently when I am with my family versus when I am at school and I know there are so many others who feel the same way
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My Soccer Discourse Community Soccer has been a huge part of my life since I was young. Ever since I can remember‚ I’ve joined the school soccer team when I was given the option. Of all the years I was involved in soccer‚ my high school freshman year was the most memorable. Due to my advanced skills‚ I was put in the senior soccer team‚ a feat quite difficult to accomplish for any incoming athlete. That year our school hired a highly experienced coach; he made our school team feel like a real discourse
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Every discourse is made up of a given number of components and presents its own characteristic. A discourse can only by serious and constructive if these components and these characteristics come together. The Islamic discourse is therefore the most genuine and truthful expression and translations of the characteristics of the Islamic society‚ and the civilizational identity of the Islamic world. A discourse cannot be Islamic unless it reflected the Islamic Ummah’s identity‚ defended its interests
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Descartes Optics Descartes’s theories of light and vision were central components of his natural philosophy‚ closely linked to his cosmology‚ physics‚ theory of matter‚ and theory of perception. Descartes replaced traditional explanations of natural phenomena with explanations hidden under terms of matter and motion. By eliminating these theories‚ Descartes needed to formulate new explanations of the qualities of bodies and our perception of them. In other words Descartes goes on to call into
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Shaikh 12B1 Unit 4 - Advertising Methods UNIT 4 – ADVERTISING METHODS Etisalat Presentation by Saud Usman Shaikh 12B1 1 Saud Usman Shaikh 12B1 Unit 4 - Advertising Methods Agenda: Company Introduction Products and Services Advertisement and Promotions Types of Advertisement Event Sponsorship Television Advertising Online Advertisement Newspaper Ads / Newspaper Stickers Billboards / Unipoles / Moopies 2 Saud Usman Shaikh 12B1 Unit 4 - Advertising Methods 3 Company Introduction
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