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Analyzing a Text

Analyzing a Text. Chapter 7 of The Norton Field Guide to Writing. Key Features to an Analysis. A summary of the “text” Attention to the context A clear interpretation or judgment Reasonable support for your conclusions. A Guide to Writing an Analysis. Consider the rhetorical situation

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Analyzing a Text

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  1. Analyzing a Text Chapter 7 of The Norton Field Guide to Writing

  2. Key Features to an Analysis • A summary of the “text” • Attention to the context • A clear interpretation or judgment • Reasonable support for your conclusions

  3. A Guide to Writing an Analysis • Consider the rhetorical situation • Purpose: Why are you analyzing this text? To demonstrate that you understand it? To persuade readers that the text demonstrates a certain point? Or are you using the text as a way to make some other point? • Audience: Are your readers likely to know your text? How much detail will you need to supply? • Stance: What interests you about your analysis? Why? What do you know or believe about your topic and how will your own beliefs affect your analysis? • Media/Design: Are you writing an essay for class? Something for the Web?

  4. Generating Ideas • In the case of our observation essay, you’ll likely do the following: • Attend an event to observe and take notes about everything you see: the people there, what they say, the surroundings, etc. • Decide what you want to analyze. What did you find most intriguing about your analysis? Look at your notes for any patterns that may appear. • Think about the larger context. • Consider what you know about the micro-community. • Come up with a thesis of how your observation might shed light to something about this group.

  5. Ways of Organizing an Analysis • Thematically (see the image on p. 54) • OR • Part by part, or text by text (see the image on p. 54)

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