Rough Draft Discourse Com Analysis
Derek Saman-Neft
English 191.26
2/8/12
Rough Draft Discourse Comm.
Social discourses
As the years pass I seem to become a part of more and more communities. Due to every job that I have had and all the new friends I make along to way. Through out high school I became apart of many different social discourses. Between the sports, friendships, jobs, and activities I became a part of, it almost seemed like everywhere I went I was talking in a different language. It's strange when you actually come to think about it, there are several different non-verbal and verbal cues among each community.
First off, sarcasm is heavily used around all of my close friends. It seems that we are always making fun of each other in a joking sense. So much that outsiders on the situation think we are not friends at all. For example , a close friend and I would joke around about disliking each other, leaving sarcastic “hate” comments on each others Facebook wall, which would sometimes turn out to become huge fake arguments. Since my mom did not catch the sarcasm in the conversation that was posted. She became somewhat offended in how I was talking. So, later that day she confronted me …show more content…
Although, we may not always get together that often, we still try to stay as close as we can. We have a countless amount a traditions we go through every year, small and big. Every Christmas is spent at the grandparents, and my aunt and mom switch off every year for thanksgiving. These are the main cliche holiday traditions that we keep as a whole. Yet, my mom, brother and I like to get away to keep a tradition for ourselves. Every year we would sneak away from family and go to Panama City Beach. It gave us all time to relax from everything and just be able to do what ever we wanted. There was no power over any one and we just lived life care free for a couple weeks. Many of these traditions we have as a family make us closer every
English 191.26
2/8/12
Rough Draft Discourse Comm.
Social discourses
As the years pass I seem to become a part of more and more communities. Due to every job that I have had and all the new friends I make along to way. Through out high school I became apart of many different social discourses. Between the sports, friendships, jobs, and activities I became a part of, it almost seemed like everywhere I went I was talking in a different language. It's strange when you actually come to think about it, there are several different non-verbal and verbal cues among each community.
First off, sarcasm is heavily used around all of my close friends. It seems that we are always making fun of each other in a joking sense. So much that outsiders on the situation think we are not friends at all. For example , a close friend and I would joke around about disliking each other, leaving sarcastic “hate” comments on each others Facebook wall, which would sometimes turn out to become huge fake arguments. Since my mom did not catch the sarcasm in the conversation that was posted. She became somewhat offended in how I was talking. So, later that day she confronted me …show more content…
Although, we may not always get together that often, we still try to stay as close as we can. We have a countless amount a traditions we go through every year, small and big. Every Christmas is spent at the grandparents, and my aunt and mom switch off every year for thanksgiving. These are the main cliche holiday traditions that we keep as a whole. Yet, my mom, brother and I like to get away to keep a tradition for ourselves. Every year we would sneak away from family and go to Panama City Beach. It gave us all time to relax from everything and just be able to do what ever we wanted. There was no power over any one and we just lived life care free for a couple weeks. Many of these traditions we have as a family make us closer every