Process Analysis Paragraphs

A process analysis paragraph explains how to do/make

something or explains how something is done.
The purpose of this type of writing is to inform, clarify,
explain, define, or instruct by giving information, explaining
why or how, clarifying a process, or defining a concept.
Because such explanation must be clear, the process paragraph
must be written in chronological order, and it must include a
topic sentence that clearly states the paragraph’s purpose.
It must also include transition words and phrases such as: first,
next, finally, as a result etc , that connect each of the steps.
 Kinds of How-To Writing

• Instructional (directional)
• Advisory (informational)
 Instructional (directional)

We are all familiar with the many forms of the

instructional (directional) approach. We see it
in cookbooks, instruction manuals, handbooks,
rule books, and textbooks of various sorts. The
directional approach may be used for any
subject that calls for how-to-do-it guidance:
writing an essay, achieving success in business,
coping with gadgets, managing personal
finances, or putting an end to procrastination.
 Advisory (informational)

The advisory (informational) approach

provides readers with thorough understanding
of a process that they would like to know
about: how a friend settled on a particular
college, how earthquakes get started, or how
lasers are used in surgery. In informative
process, the emphasis shifts from how-to-do it
instructions to how-it-is-done explanations.
Look at the picture and write a process paragraph (T.S, S.S and
C.S)