Did you know that there are four types of discourse communities? There’s the professional community‚ which is your job‚ career or working environment. Your social communities are your friends and family. The civic community is the clubs‚ hobbies and extracurricular activities you attend to or participate in. The last one is your cultural group‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ environment cultures all play into this one. My discourse community happens to be a mix of all four of these. I am a competitive dancer
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In life there are many different groups that we become a part of‚ whether it is a friend‚ work‚ school‚ or music group. Researchers have deemed these groups as discourse communities. Ann Johns explains discourse communities as‚ “a basis for sharing and holding in common: shared expectations‚ shared participation‚ commonly held ways of expressing” (320). Discourse communities hold certain standards and actions that lead to the functioning of the group. The Bartlett City Court Clerk’s Office is a stand
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In “What A Thug’s Life Looked Like In 19th Century India”‚ Lakshmi Gandhi shows a great fascination and history of the word thug; displaying the roots (origin) and background to further and new understandings of the word thug. The word thug has been used by many people in the world countless times. To call someone thug has a lot of different connotations to it that have been altered many times. Some of these connotations would be a thief‚ a murderer‚ and other strongly negative words. Looking hard
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1. Allusion – A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known‚ such as an event‚ book‚ myth‚ place‚ or work of art. Allusions can be historical‚ literary‚ religious‚ topical‚ or mythical. There are many more possibilities‚ and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. (Ex: "seventy times seven"- Wuthering Heights) 2. Characterization- The author’s expression of a character’s personality through the use of action‚ dialogue‚ thought‚ or commentary by
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Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Devices Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE‚ COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN‚ AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five‚60) Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ thing or idea of historical‚ cultural‚ literary or political significance. Ex. “Canst thou draw
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Explain the statement‚ “Meanings are in people‚ not in words” This statement means that phrases and sentences are open for interpretations. A person could interpret a statement in his/her own way while another person can interpret the same exact statement in an entirely different way. How can meaning be influenced by the context in which it is sent? The Contextual factors such as the physical surrounding environment and the framework of related facts and events within which a communication takes
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Apparently I need a hook sentence or something but I’m not giving you one. Just be bored to death and give me an A. Vague statements in literature can always be interpretated differently by different people. Some statements like for example in Emily Dickinsons poem ‘We Grow Accustomed to the Dark’‚ in stanza 4 ; “The Bravest- grope a little- And sometimes hit a Tree Directly in the Forehead- But as they learn to see-” This stanza can be interpreted differently. It could be referring to a blind
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There are several types of discourse communities‚ which have different goals‚ values‚ language‚ issues‚ effects and communication style. The discourse community that I identify myself with is the boarding family discourse community. This community may only be made up of a few members‚ yet the impact they have in their neighborhood is quite significant. They may not be related or even have known each other for more than five years‚ yet the bond and connection they have is so strong. My discourse
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In our book‚ Writing About Writing‚ John Swales defines a discourse community as a group of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of public goals” that use “mechanisms of intercommunication among its members” in order to achieve their objectives (795). I have chosen to examine how the College World‚ the Adrian College school paper‚ operates as a discourse community through the use of various mechanisms in order to solve the main issues that arise. More precisely‚ the research will explore
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Interpretation of Ambiguity in “My Papa’s Waltz” For most of time‚ people regard understanding a poem as a difficult process‚ and people wonder the reason the author of the literature leaves more questions than the ones he actually answers. Poets use ambiguity to add meaning and depth into their works so that their works can be interpreted in various ways. On one hand‚ the poem can be interpreted to have a positive view. On the other hand‚ the poem can be regard to be negative as well
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