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Mastering Analytical Writing Techniques: Unveiling the Layers of Analysis

Learn to evaluate and dissect complex subjects with a detailed explanation of the parts. Explore various analysis types such as scientific, literary, rhetorical, and visual analyses. Utilize rhetorical considerations to engage your audience effectively and conclude with insightful insights that tie everything together.

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Mastering Analytical Writing Techniques: Unveiling the Layers of Analysis

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  1. Writing to Analyze For Composition I Corresponds to Chapter 8 of The McGraw-Hill Guide

  2. To Analyze • To evaluate • To examine • To break down • To “pick apart” • To better understand

  3. An Analysis • “examines an issue or topic by identifying the parts that make up the whole. You can gain a clearer understanding of your subject when you look closely at the individual pieces that constitute the whole.” (Roen 196).

  4. Rhetorical Considerations • Audience • Purpose • Voice, tone, point of view • Context, medium, genre

  5. Effective Analytical Writing • Focus on a complex subject • Thorough explanation of parts and how they relate • Research-based writing • Focused presentation • Insights • Conclusion that ties it all together

  6. Types of Analyses • Many types, e.g.: • Scientific analysis • Literary analysis • Rhetorical analysis • Visual analysis

  7. Writing a Visual Analysis • Rhetorical analysis of primarily visual text • Should include: • A copy of the visual • A written description of the visual • An analysis of what the visual is communicating – the rhetorical features of the visual • See page 215 for questions to start analysis • Look at “Irony As a Disguise” (example of visual analysis) on page 216-17.

  8. Writing Process • Start by selecting visual to analyze • Ask invention questions • Do some research • Review invention and research to get organized • Outline and draft, incorporating research with own ideas • “Question” your draft to revise • Edit, proofread and “polish”

  9. Works Cited Roen, Duane, Gregory R. Glau, Barry M. Maid. The McGraw-Hill Guide: Writing for College, Writing for Life. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw, 2013. Print.

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