WRITE

TO
ANALYZE
MEMBERS:
• PEREYRA, DENNIS

• ANDRADE, SAICELL RHEA

• SUENAONG, HAZEL

• MASENDO, HERWEN

• BENTAYO, KERVIE

• PAJE, J-TER
NATURE AND FEATURES OF
ANALYTICAL WRITING
• Be prepared: analytical essays require some research. Read through the
material you are meant to analyze multiple times and take thorough
notes. Go through your notes and the source material again to pick out
the parts that are going to be most important for your analysis. Then (and
this is really important) create an outline for your essay. Identify what
you will talk about in each paragraph and list the relevant evidence and
ideas that you need to include in each paragraph.
• Define your thesis: Every good analytical essay (every good essay, for
that matter) begins with a strong thesis. Your thesis statement is the
backbone of your essay. It defines what you are going to talk about and
how you are going to talk about it. Before you even begin writing an
outline for your essay, you need to develop your thesis statement. Make
sure that it is clear, logical, and, most importantly, expresses your own
original thoughts.
• Do strong analysis: It should be fairly obvious that a quality analytical
essay will include strong analysis. But there are a surprising number of
students out there who just don’t take the hint. So make sure that your
analysis is supported by specific and relevant evidence taken from the
source material. Furthermore, make sure that the analysis you are
engaging in directly relates to your thesis and every insight you offer
supports the original thesis statement you wrote at the beginning.
• Anticipate the opposition: analysis (especially as it regards literature or
art) is not an objective activity. How you interpret the evidence could be
completely different than how another person might interpret that same
evidence. Try to anticipate all possible interpretations and provide logical
reasoning as to why your interpretation is valid and correct.
• Don’t start narrating: It is a common mistake when writing an essay to
get lost in the description or details. It is one thing to provide evidence
and analysis. It is quite another to go on a long tangent vaguely relating
to that evidence. This is where an outline can come in handy. If you find
that you are going on too long about a specific point in your essay, return
to your outline to see what you should be writing about next so that you
can get your essay back on track.
ONE WAY TO FORM YOUR ANALYTICAL
ESSAY OUTLINE
There are quite a few ways to organize your analytical
essay, but no matter how you choose to write it, your
essay should always have three main parts:

1. INTRODUCTION
2. BODY
3. CONCLUSION
 CONCLUSION
• The purpose is to get the reader interested in your
analysis.

 BODY
• Where you can start to get really creative and play
around with formatting

 CONCLUSION
• Should be a brief restatement of your main points
without being direct copy.
LITERARY PERSPECTIVE WITH GUIDE QUESTIONS
IN READING AND ANALYZING A CHOSEN TEXT
PERSPECTIVE GUIDE QUESTIONS
READER RESPONSE • What does the text have to do with you,
personally?
(Interplay between reader and text) • How much does the text agree or clash
with your view of the world?
• How did you learn , and how much
were your views and opinions
challenged or changed by this text?
• What is your overall reaction to the text?
ARCHETYPAL • How does this story resemble other
stories in plot, character, setting, or
(Universal, cross-cultural patterns or symbolism?
models? • What universal experiences are
depicted?
• Are patterns suggested?
• How and why are these archetypes
embodied in the work?
 PERSPECTIVE GUIDE QUESTIONS
Formalist • How do various elements of the work
reinforce its meaning?
(Writing structure (form) and conventional • What recurring patterns (repeated or related
practice) words, images, etc.) can you find?
• What figure of speech are used?
• What effects are produced? Do any of these
relate to one another or to the theme?

Psychoanalytical • What forces are motivating the characters?

(character)
Psychology (e.g. personality, statue of mind,
emotions, and desires, of characters and
sometimes the author)
• What conscious or unconscious conflicts exit
between the characters?
• Are the theories of FREUD or other
psychologists applicable to this work? TO
what degree?
• What do the characters’ emotions and
behaviors reveal about their psychological
states?
 PERSPECTIVES GUIDE QUESTIONS
Historical • What literary or historical influences
helped to shape the form and content of
( Historical context: social, political, the work?
economic, cultural, intellectual, climate of • How does the story reflect the attitudes
the time) and beliefs of the time in which it was
written or set?
• What historical events or movements
might have influenced this writer?
Marxist • What does the work say about economic
or social power? Who has it and who
( Effect of power and money) doesn’t?
• Does the story address issues of
economic exploitation?
• Does jthe work cahllenge or affirm the
social order it depicts?
• Can the protagonist’s struggle be seen
as symbolic of a larger class struggle?
 PERSPECTIVES GUIDE QUESTIONS
Gender • How are the women’s lived
portrayed in the work?
Patterns of thought, behaviour, value, • Is the form and contend of the work
and power interacting between the influenced by the writer’s gender?
sexes • How do male and female characters
relate to one another?
• Does the work challenge or affirm
tradional views of women?
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