In Summary: Writing an Analytical Essay
Find a conversation and listen in.
- Explore your surroundings.
- Ask interpretive questions.
- Search databases.
Conduct your analysis.
- Refine your question.
- Seek a fuller understanding of your subject.
- Apply an interpretive framework.
Prepare a draft.
- Make an interpretive claim.
- Explain your interpretation.
- Consider genre and design.
- Frame your analysis.
Review and improve your draft.
- Ensure that your claim is debatable.
- Challenge your conclusions.
- Examine the application of your interpretive framework.
- Assess your organization.