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A discourse community is a group of people that have similar interests and ideologies it usually consists of people that want to achieve a common goal. discourse communities have a set of rules and regulations that must be followed to be a part of the community the members of the discourse community must follow these rules in order to be a part of the community. Some discourse communities exist solely based on the following of these rules like being a vegan means that the consumption of any animal products in their diet or lifestyle is an immediate violation and implies that they are no longer members of the discourse community. discourse communities also have their own set of language, language that is exclusively reserved just for the members of the discourse community is known as jargon. Various discourse communities have various kinds of jargons. Some discourse communities have more jargons than others, these jargons only the members of the discourse community use and understand discourse communities have their own timing and meeting dates. The members of the discourse communities must meet to share information and ensure insure that they are on the same pad and also to Discuss their individual findings it’s a method of sharing information.

What is writing? To me writing could be for two reasons, out of compulsion or for leisure. Usually when we’re forced or required to write there’s a lot more thought and deep digging that goes into it. writing for leisure or out of ones own interest is more pressurizing because jotting down what you want and not getting the desired finished product is disappointing and disheartening. Both the writings must begin with an introduction, explaining what you started writing for. An insight is helpful and lets the readers set their expectations on what they’re going to be reading. A body consisting of the topic discussion, and a final conclusions what all writings must have. To me, Writing is an outlet. A way I can express my own opinions, ideas, feelings. I write to express not to impress, I think writing is a very personal form of communication since we consider anything to do with context as writing.

According to the article being a novice is not a bad thing, in other words it’s just a lack of exposure to situations. But this lack of exposure also means they do not have any prior knowledge on the situation and the workings of it or how to react to the various difficulties or circumstances that may arise. An expert is someone who has experience in the particular field of work and knows how to cope in the situation that may persist respective to their field of expertise. I consider myself a fitness expert, and an expert in basic biology and chemistry. This may be because I’ve been exposed to these various fields for plenty of years or maybe because I choose to show extra interest in them even when not compulsory. I recently began MMA or mixed martial arts, so I consider myself a novice in the sport. I consider

[One student said: “I do find myself at times restructuring my sentences. I personally hate to admit that I did something wrong. But once in a while I will look at something I’ve written and say ‘well, that’s extra and that’s extra and I can take it out,’ and I will modify it, so I guess I didn’t get it quite right at first.” This student still believes that “getting it right at first” is better than “doing something wrong” and revising it, when it comes to writing. Another student said, “I’ve been told many, many times that the secret to good writing is rewriting. I agree that that’s a good secret, but I’m not patient enough for it to help me, and I just don’t like it.”]
I relate to all the students’ opinions. When time isn’t an issue and there is complete focus, devoid of any distractions but you still fall short of a “perfect” essay, blog, assignment or any writing, it’s disappointing and it takes away from any interest to continue. I’ve felt this way many times and that might be the reason I used to procrastinate working on many of my assignments. I began to feel that the initial opinion I had in answer to any question or topic must be the most appropriate and the most genuine. But when you have no time to think or elaborate on what youre asked, it’s tougher to write and it makes it seem as though you know nothing even if you do. One of the biggest pains of writing to me is revising it once you’ve written. Re-reading after each paragraph to make sure everything is in sync and the paper has a flow, checking whether you may have missed any important critical points or over elaborated anything, going over the entire article to check for any grammatical errors, are all gruesomely boring and time consuming if you’ve already lost your motivation. But over the years of composition writing I’ve learnt through practice that it’s important to revise and recheck your work and writing. It’s like weeding a garden to get the best flowers to grow and not allow the useless topics to take over the entire article and let the good points go unnoticed.
In English it’s mandatory to recheck and revise much like in math, you may have overlooked something at the very beginning that ruined the entire paper or problem.

using Yanceys prompt on what writing is and what it isn’t and how it should be done and how it shouldn’t be done, I’ve understood that writing must include words, it may or may not be created for the exact same reason all the time everywhere. It could be very visual as a script for a film or an animation or limited in visual effects like in a novel or it could be a combination of both as seen in graphic novels or infomercial and newspaper advertisements depending on what kind of message the writing is trying to convey, who their target audience is and what the main goal the writers want to achieve is. Circulation is the spreading of information. It can occur through different genres, and it can be understood in different severities depending on the audiences its reaching. It could be any kind of information that is being circulated, bad or good, informative or entertaining. Circulation can be considered synonymous to “publicity”.

How is knowledge made through writing? By writing, information is passed, understood or even created. When someone reads an article that has been published by a legit source, they can be sure that what they are being told is the truth and has come from credible authors. Most scientific facts are just discoveries that have been made. Previous knowledge or intelligence gathered from the experiments or readings made before can enhance or alter the discoveries made. Knowledge can not be “made”. It is usually preexisting and is just found by understanding. Conclusions are just summaries of what we already know or an even deeper understanding of something under study.