DISCOURSE COMMUITIES

LAUREN MIRANDA

UNIVERSITY
JOINING
G R A D U ATE D H IG H S C H O O L , TAK E N R E Q U I R E D E X A M S ,
A P P L I E D TO C O L L E G E , W R I T T E N E S S AYS .
CONVENTIONS
G O O D W R I T IN G S K IL L S , U S E S P E C IF IC F OR M ATS , CI T E
W O R K , P R O P E R G R A M M A R AN D P U N C T U ATI O N IN W R I T I N G
AND WHEN SPEAKING TO PROFESSORS EXCUSE ME
PROFESSOR(BLANK), I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE
H O M E W O R K TH AT IS P O S T E D O N B L A C K B O A R D , AN D U S E
EXAMPLES.
GENRES
L A B R E P O R T S , E S S A Y S , R E P O R T S , P R E S T AT I O N S , N O T E S
TOPICS
B I O L O G Y,E N G L I S H , B U S I N E S S

F A M I LY & F R I E N D S
JOINING
TO JOING YOU ARE EITHER BORN, ADOPTED, OR
M A R R I E D I N T O A F A M I L Y. O R Y O U M U S T E A R N A N D K E E P
A FRIENDSHIP
CONVENTIONS
I N F O R M A L , B U T Y O U D O AD D R E S S FAM I LY M E M B E R S
P R O P E R LY W H E N S P E A K I N G TO T H E E L D E R S . S I B L I N G S
AND OTHERS IS INFORMAL. HEY MOM IS DINNER READY
Y E T ? F R I E N D S AR E U S U A L LY I N F O R M A L AS W E L L .
GENRES
TEXT MESSAGES, SPEAKING OR YELLIING TO ONE
ANOTHER, CARDS, LETTERS/NOTE MESSAGES
TOPICS
W H A T H A P P E N E D T O D A Y, O U R C A L E N D A R S , G O S S I P ,
UPCOMMING EVENTS

HOLLISTER SALES
ASSOCIATE
JOINING
A P P LY F O R T H E J O B O R G E T O F F E R E D A J O B .
CONVENTIONS
P O T R AY A H O L L I S T E R B E A C H G I R L H E Y G U Y S W H AT S
UP?! WELCOME TO HOLLISTER, BE POLITE, HELPFUL,
F O R M A L , B E AB L E TO U S E R E G I S T E R , TAKE O N L I N E
ORDERS, FIND SIZES, ABLE TO HELP BOTH ENGLISH
A N D S PAN I S H S P E A K I N G C U S TOM E R S .
GENRES
O R D E R F O R M S , R E TAG G IN G IT E M S , R E G I S T E R C O D E S ,
PROMO CODES, SIZES.
TOPICS
W O R K IN G TH E R E G IS T E R , TAK IN G O R D E R S , K N O W SA L E S
POINT AND GOALS, RESTOCKING, WORKING THE FLOOR.

MODEL
JOINING
GETTING RECUITED, OR BY SIGNING YOURSELF UP
CONVENTIONS
P O RTR AY T H E M O D E L T Y P E W H E N O N T H E J O B , TAK E
C R I T I S I M , F O L L O W I N S T R U C T I O N S Y O U R FAC I A L
EXP RESSIO N IS N OT WHAT I AM L O O KING FO R, I NEED
Y O U T O B E M O R E F I E R C E . , B E A R T, B E P O L I T E , B E
P R O F E S I O N A L A N D F O R M A L , K N O W T H E T E R M I N O L O G Y.
GENRES
APPOINTMENTS, LISTS, MEMOS, PICTURES/POSING,
R U N W AY / W A L K I N G , E M A I L , P H O N E C A L L S .
TOPICS
P H O T O S H O O T S , R U N W AY S , W A R B R O B E , S P O K E S
MODELING, PROMOS, UPCOMING EVENTS.