Discourse Community Map

Discourse Community Map

1. Eden Prairie

   • -- The members of this community are people that live in eden Priaire - The purposes of writing are to be an active participant in the community and give attention to problems that need to be fixed - Face to face city meetings, mostly online websites to give attention to rising topics, texting, and email. - Issues that people think need fixing withing the community, as well as topics that need a recurring discussion about it. - The only rules of the community are really to not go to jail or cause harm to other people’s property, if you do you could be kicked out of the community - There is no specialized language used, maybe only certain terms that are commonly used in Minnesota - You can become a member by living in the community- whether that’s a house or an apartment.

2. Grace Church

   • - The audience members of the community are people who attend church there and anyone who wants to go - The purposes of writing in this community are to grow in your faith and actively learn more about Christianity - Face-to-face communication, email, online forms, study groups, communities within the church - Topics include sermons that are shared on Sundays, bible study topics, and community events - Don’t bring harm to the community, treat everyone with respect in the community because we are all children of God. - The bible, sometimes Latin is used but very rarely. Greek is also used because it helps bring more context to the passages we read about - By simply attending church and wanting to be a member, there is no special application you have to fill out.

3. Texas Christian University

   • - The members of this community are students at TCU, faculty members, and staff - The purposes of writing in this community are to educate one another and to learn from other people - People communicate online through various websites like Instagram, tiktok, or twitter. People also communicate via email. - There are different departments within TCU that each write about their own things. In the English department, they write about topics related to English. Biology writes about Biology, and so on. - Some guidelines are to not be disrespectful to staff, don’t cause harm to people and/or buildings, and don’t get in legal trouble - There is special language like the riff ram chant, there isn’t a lot of any other special language we use at TCU that they don’t use anywhere else - To become a member as a student, you must apply and get accepted into the school. As a teacher you have to have good credentials in your subject matter, and as a faculty member I’m assuming you just apply online a

4. Composition 1 Class

   • - The audience members are the students in this class - The purpose of writing is to strengthen our writing skills and learn more about different subjects - We use TCU Online, email, and in-person discussions - We write about different topics every day, some days we write about ourselves, and some days we write about an excerpt we were told to read - The guidelines are to respect one another, don’t cheat, and don’t copy from one another - In this class, we use Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: 3 different terms used in English to analyze a text - You become a member of this community by signing up for this class

5. Hill Hall

   • - The members of this community are the people who live in this hall - The purposes of writing in this community are to give attention to events in the hall or emergency evacuations - We use GroupMe, messages, email, and in-person communication - The main topics people write about are events that everyone in the hall is invited to - Don’t be disrespectful to your roommate or others, don’t trash the bathrooms because you share them with everyone, and don’t cause harm to your dorm room. - There isn’t any specialized language used in our dorm hall - You had to apply for housing, and some people were assigned to the dorm, it was all based on chance and whether you were selected or not.