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The Tree Huggers Club

A non-profit organization is a group organized for purposes other than generating profits in which no part of the organization’s income is distributed to its members, directors, or officers. The Tree Huggers Club is a non-profit organization especially for entrepreneurs and young adults who chase their passion and for those who start companies on talent and skill. An Indian-based organization dedicated to nurturing the creative entrepreneurial landscape in and around the city, the club works towards providing various platforms for people from all walks of life to pursue their passion in an intelligent and sustainable manner. This discourse community also helps to provide resources for youngsters and artists to showcase, promote, and market themselves, in a market saturated with mass-produced commodities. A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions and ways of communicating about those goals. The club hosts multiple events including workshops, events, fundraisers, and many more exciting events which do not want anyone to miss. There are many genres regarding this discourse community; however, the following is about this club’s Facebook and Instagram page.

 

With over 6400 followers and thousands of posts on its Facebook page, this club successfully fulfilled all its desires of running the community. With eye-opening events and mesmerizing invitations, this community never fails to catch an audience.

Their Instagram page has over 2500 followers and 300 posts, marketing for this club has been so well done and they have been up-to-date on their events and have kept their page filled with colors and content.

 

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The first paper – You Better Think Before You Spit – talks about the project S.P.I.T and how this discourse community works. The writer talks about the marketing strategies and how social media brands the business with promotions and information. One strong point I find is where he talks about the different social media apps which brand/promotes the project.

The second paper – The Puerto Rican Student Association A Community Practice Profile – talks about a student association of students from Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican descent who currently attend the University of Central Florida. They have various social media accounts to create awareness of the association and share all their experiences with the world. From Whatsapp to Instagram, PRSA has access to all platforms to promote their community. Explaining the way they run the association, how they promote and share their experiences on different social media platforms is one strong point of the essay.

The two papers are organized professionally in their own style. One is about poetry discourse communities while the other one talks about a student association to create diversity.

PRSA sources – Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writings, vol, 1, 2010, pp. 249-262.
John, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity.” Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies. 1997, pp. 498-510.
Puerto Rican Student Association. “Constitution of Puerto Rican Student Association.” PRSA at UCF, 25 Oct. 2017.
Swales, John. “The Concept of Discourse Community.” Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings. Boston, Cambridge: UP, 1990, pp. 466-473.

You Better Think Before You Spit Sources – Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writings, vol, 1, 2010, pp. 249-262.
John, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity.” Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies. 1997, pp. 498-510.
Glatch, Sean. Personal interview. 29 Mar 2019.

Ann M Johns talks about Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice. He talks about the membership, conflict, and diversity of different community groups. The writer mentions in this piece how she focuses primarily on “academic discourse communities”. She smoothly talks about different discourse communities and how they work in their own way. There are six defining characteristics she talks about of a discourse community and also about what students’ enculturation into academic communities have to say.
There are some social, political, and recreational communities she talks about. ‘Non-academic communities of interest can provide a useful starting point for student discussions.’ she says.
It is very inspirational and informational to read this piece and get to know about different discourse communities.
It has been understood that there are various discourse communities.
Some of the discourse communities in which I am a member are:
Family, Friends, School, Work, Fitness groups, Relatives.

How do I define a writer? A writer is someone who expresses his thoughts and feeling on paper. As Inc.com mentions, there are 6 characteristics every greater writer has in common:
1. Attention to detail
2. Discipline
3. Clarity
4. Strong Vocabulary
5. Open to changes
6. Passion for reading.
I personally do not call myself a great writer but I do think I can survive writing as much as I know. On the contrary, writing is all about improving your style and tone and getting to know more about yourself.
Lifehack.com talks about a guide to becoming a better writer. He talks about how being a writer is not easy. It takes a lot of hard work. there are different guidelines to follow when it comes to better writing. Planning, revising, and avoiding distractions makes you focus more on your writing.
So what makes you a better writer? Is it your style of writing or is it your tone? Mine is definitely the style of writing because I am not a very good writer but I do enjoy writing a lot.