Process Analysis

YOUR ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

YOUR ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

Write a process analysis essay explaining how something works or is done. Choose a topic you are familiar with or that you can learn about through observation or research. Try to select a topic that your readers — your instructor and your fellow students — will find interesting or useful. Below are some options to help you get started.

How-To Essay Topics

How to improve your __________ (study habits, wardrobe, batting average)
How to be a successful __________ (diver, parent, gardener)
How to make or buy __________ (an object for personal use or enjoyment)

How-It-Works Essay Topics

How a decision is made to __________ (accept a student at a college, add or eliminate a state agency)
How __________ (a quilt, a news broadcast, a Web site, a football team) is put together
How your college __________ (spends tuition revenues, hires professors, raises money)