House craft: Strategy on the page

No commander sends troops onto the battlefield without a plan (at least, not a good commander). This outcome is about the strategic decisions behind my polished drafts. Which quotes ride at the front? Which examples support the flank? What structure holds the line of my argument? In my finished memes Genre Analysis and Game of Thrones visual essay, I had to decide what to show my reader and what to leave out of sight — just like a director chooses what stays inside the frame. These choices are not accidents; they are strategies that shape how my reader understands the text.

Decision making & production

For this outcome, I focused on the choices I made when producing finished pieces of writing. Instead of just filling a word count, I had to decide: What examples should I include? Which quotes from readings are strongest? How should I organize my paragraphs? What should my introduction promise? These decisions turned my drafts into more intentional, professional products.

Artifacts to feature

Final draft of Genre Analysis – Memes
Final Visual Rhetorical Analysis (Game of Thrones)
One or two Discussion Posts / Reading Responses where you had to choose quotes from readings

Short explanation for artifacts

In the memes essay, I had to decide which memes to analyze in detail and which to only mention. I chose ones that clearly showed humor, intertextuality, and community norms, so my argument about memes as a serious genre would be understandable.

In the Game of Thrones analysis, I made decisions about section headings, order of images, and where to place alt text for accessibility. I also decided to end with a reflection that connects fictional images to how we read real-world media.