Discourse markers (words like ’however’‚ ’although’ and ’Nevertheless’) are referred to more commonly as ’linking words’ and ’linking phrases’‚ or ’sentence connectors’. They may be described as the ’glue’ that binds together a piece of writing‚ making the different parts of the text ’stick together’. They are used less frequently in speech‚ unless the speech is very formal. Without sufficient discourse markers in a piece of writing‚ a text would not seem logically constructed and the connections
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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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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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best interests of the prince are gaining‚ maintaining‚ and expanding his political powers or views. Since the prince is the sole authority‚ he has the power over everything and everyone. Machiavelli speaks about this in his books The Prince and The Discourses. In The Prince‚ Machiavelli concerned about the principality of the state and the Prince’s role within the sovereign state. “Men worry less about doing an injury to one who makes himself loved than to one who makes himself feared. The bond of
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Discourse on Colonialism - Group Work Connections with Things Fall Apart: In “Discourse on Colonialism” mentioned on page two‚ paragraph three‚ the author makes a connection with the misinterpretation of how the Europeans thought that those who did not practice Christianity were savages. “...is Christian pedantry‚ which laid down the dishonest equations Christianity=civilization‚ paganism=savagery‚ from which there could not but ensue abominable colonialist and racist consequences‚ whose victims
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Discourses in Education Institutes of education (i.e. public schools) exhibit many political‚ social‚ cultural and historical discourses that impact and furthermore shape what is practiced in schools and the way in which it is delivered. These discourses will often be implemented in educational contexts through synchronisation with the socio-cultural theory‚ moreover influencing and impacting upon the teachers‚ students and the schools themselves. In order for an understanding of education to be
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community form of domination and power (conservative ideology) or settle their transformation (radical‚ revolutionary ideology). It`s not a science‚ but it includes scientific knowledge of social and politic life‚ as well as assessing it. Good example of bad ideology was Nazi in Germany‚ when Hitler wanted to “clean” the Aryan race from “sub-human” – Jews‚ Gypsies‚ homosexuals and handicapped people who were at the bottom of racial hierarchy by Nazi studies. Now let`s move on discourse. What is
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University of Phoenix Material Forms of Media Matrix After reviewing this week’s reading‚ complete the matrix‚ related to various forms of media used in making public presentations. |Form |Benefits |Drawbacks | |Objects |Increased use of your hands. |Maybe to large or not portable. Can be a | | |
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