House context: speaking in many courts

A ruler who speaks the same way in every hall does not last long. In the North, you wear furs and speak plainly. In King’s Landing, you choose your words like poisoned wine. Similarly, in ENC 1101 I learned that good writing changes with the context.

Good writing is flexible

One important lesson from ENC 1101 was that good writing is flexible. I cannot write in the same way for every situation. My Multimodal Literacy Narrative needed a personal, reflective tone. My Genre Analysis needed an explanatory, analytical voice. My Visual Rhetorical Analysis had to sound more academic and use key terms like ethos, pathos, logos, exigence, and kairos. Learning to adjust my language and structure for these different contexts helped me see that writing is not “one size fits all.”

Genre analysis essay – memes

In my Genre Analysis, I used more neutral, explanatory language and connected my examples of memes to class readings about genre and rhetorical moves.

Visual rhetorical analysis

In my Visual Rhetorical Analysis essays, I used a more formal style and specific vocabulary like rhetor, audience, kairos, and multimodality.

“The trailer presents Elizabeth Sloane as a brilliant female lobbyist who uses specialized political language and insider knowledge to challenge the gun lobby, but it also shows how this same literacy can be manipulative and dangerous.”

“Together, these pictures make power look exciting, and make us think about what it costs.”