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DISCOURSE COMMUNITY MAP

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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO

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School:
Joining: To be a part of this community
you must first graduate from high school
and get your diploma. You will have to
apply to the school of your choice and
hope to get accepted. Once you are
accepted you will be subject to a series of
test to determine if you are taking
developmental classes or not.

Family/Friends:
Joining: To be a part of this community
you ought to be born or married to
become a part of the family. To be a
friend you must form bonds with other
people who may seem to have similar
interests to yours.

Communication: Casual conversation

when it comes to your friends, depending
Communication: Proper grammar must
on how much you trust them you will or
be used when writing. The style may vary will not use profanity. Family on the
from APA to MLA format, it depends on
other hand must be treated with respect.
your instructors requirement, you must
cite, give examples and quotes. You must Style: Notes, Birthday cards, text
keep a professional way of speaking with messages and phone calls.
your teacher and a casual one with other
students.
Theme: It may vary depending on the
person you are talking to. Some examples
Style: Notes, reports, essays speeches and could be life events, books, gossip and
memos.
more.
Theme: It may vary depending on the
subject.
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Church:
Joining: To be a part you must first fill an
application and depending on the areas
you must turn in the proper documents.
You must have the sacrament of
confirmation.
Communication: Casual conversation
when talking to your peers. When giving
the class you must be respectful and
remember to make it exiting.

Online Blog:
Joining: To be a part of this community
you must have a blog or a web site.
Communication: Depending on the site
you can ether keep it casual o use formal
speech to communicate with your
readers. You may also use images or
videos to convey your message.
Style: Notes, essays, short stories, videos
and images.

Style: Reports, essays and surveys.

Theme: Religion.

Theme: The theme may be whatever you

want as long as you appreciate the
content that you are posting.

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A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique. This quote by Goran

Persson signifies that everyone in this world is different, but what makes us unique? Our
friends, our family and the other communities that we are a part of, those are what make us
unique. Each one of these things play an important role in the way we act, we think, and we
see the world, have such a big influence in the way we live our lives. Everyone is influenced
by a different community and lives a different lifestyle with different customs and different
ways of communicating. In my life there are four communities which have a great
significance in my life and use different ways of communication which include my school,
my family and friends, church and finally my online blog.
University is a community in which all students share the same goal which is to graduate
and become successful in the future. To be able to join this community the student must meet
its strict requirements that include passing exams, graduating from high school and if
admitted must keep a good average. This community has a specific way of communication
which includes essays, reports, notes, speeches and memos. One must have in mind that it is
required to use a formal way of speaking rather than the way someone might address a friend.
Another important thing is that teachers will require the student to use formats such as the
MLA or the APA where it is required to use examples and quotes. This community has an
environment made specifically for learning so the student must be able to understand English,
Spanish or any other language depending on his or her class.
Secondly, the family and friends communitys goal is to share experiences and have a good
time with people that are considered important in this community you use a casual way of
communicating. This community is different if compared to school because people do not
behave in the same manner when they are in school compared to when they are at home. First
one does not address family members in a formal manner. For example Wanna go to the
movies? Ama, or Hey bro, stop being a twat this example clearly expresses no use of a

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formal language, but the individual is showing a respectful attitude. When one addresses
friends he or she uses a different type of casual expressions such as vato or Gey which
are manners to address friends or even Arre that can be used as an Ok. People usually
communicate via text message or phone calls, yet one can use a different variety of ways that
include notes, birthday cards or through sites such as Facebook. Conversation in this
community may vary depending on the person one is talking to, due to the fact that people
will not talk about the same things with friends compared to their family. In this discourse
community one should speak in a casual manner and depending on the person, foul language
may be used.
Thirdly, the Catholic Church communitys the main goal is to learn about religion,
therefore a person must be respectful when having a conversation about this topic. To join the
church community the individual must have completed the sacrament of confirmation and
meet the requirements necessary, and they may vary depending on the ministry the person
might want to serve. Church can be considered a community in which one can either use a
casual language with no profanities or a formal language depending on the person involved in
the conversation. This community is similar to school due to the fact that surveys,
presentations, reports and essays about religion are the way of discourse used, but individuals
also have other activities that require THE INDIVIDUAL to have a conversation with peers.
In conversations the phrases May the Lord be with you or Bless you will be used by both
the individual and his or her peers. This community may seem to be a lot of work but it is also
fun, its main objective is to teach anyone that learning about God is important but it does not
mean that it is something boring to do.
Lastly, an online blog is a community where one can express opinions on whatever subject
he or she wishes and find people that could share that same opinion or not. It is a community
that is probably one of the easiest to become a part of, due to the fact that all you need is a

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computer or smart phone that has internet. In this community the individual may use essays,
notes, short stories, images or videos to express points of view. In this community individuals
will find all types of people including the ones that might hate their work also known as
haters and they might use profanity to express their hatred towards the work posted. On the
other hand one might find people that have an interest for his or her work and they will post
encouraging messages which might include things such as You da best or Love ya
comments such as LOL or LMAO may also be found, and they are considered a form of
casual speech.
Each one of these communities share similar aspects and have differences which makes
them unique, being a part of one of these communities also makes you unique. You express
yourself in different ways, you use different words, and you do different activities. These
communities show different manners in which one can communicate with peers. Everyone
has different discourse communities but the ones that influence me the most are school, my
family and friends, church, and, finally, my online blog.