Purcom final L1

Analysis paper

Are type of argumentative writing where the writer presents the facts and his opinion about a certain issue.

Literary analysis paper

Is an essay which thoroughly examines piece at critical understanding of its message

6 Features of Literary analysis

• Arguable thesis statement

• Careful evaluation of the language used

• Explicit patterns and themes

• Clear interpretation

• Organized presentation

• Conscientious documentation

Arguable thesis statement

Is an argumentative essay where the writer presents a claim and supports it

Careful evaluation of the language used

An effective literary analysis depends primarily on identifying meaning of the language used

Explicit patterns or themes

An evident patterns of themes used when analyzing a literary

Clear interpretation

Is to convince readers to accept the writer’s claim and different perspectives

Organized presentation

All the key features previously mentioned may not matter if the paper is not written systematically and the points are not presented logically.

Conscientious documentation

Sources used have to be properly identified and recorded

Examine how the text works

The reactions of the people vary, it evokes emotions, whereas others hate them. These reactions pull the trigger to start analyzing

Select method for the analysis

The most common method which is focusing on the text itself. Such as interpretation of themes, characters, and etc.

Read the literary piece repeatedly

Reading the text more than once may help in discovering other prevailing details and ideas such as themes, patterns, even anomalies

Practice close reading

Pointing specific lines and passages from the literary piece to support one’s interpretation results to good analysis paper

Consider your grammar

Writing literary analysis follows certain conventions in terms of English grammar

Political analysis paper

Require rational skills and extensive knowledge in world history.

Topic and case

The topic must be something that interests the writer. Such as issues that intrigued him/her

Outline

Helps organize and make ideas focused not to mention saves a lot of time in writing

Organization

Similar to political science analysis, paper follows a certain format.

Style

What counts in political analysis paper is a well written paper is one that follows conventions of a good writing.

• Literary

• Political

• Research proposal

The 3 types of analysis paper

Proposal

Are type of persuasive essay written to offer solution to a problem

Discuss the subject concisely

The proposal must commence with a succinct discussion of the subject which the writer wishes to address

State the focus clearly

Is to specify the aspect or area where the discussion will revolve

Explain the reason for the chosen topic convincingly

It is sometimes considered a Herculean task by students

Mention the sources accurately

Are materials that support the ideas presented in the proposal, to help convince the teachers in legitimacy

Background of the study

Serves as the introduction of the research paper

Establishing a territory

Identifies the situation by presenting the general area of research for an investigation.

Establishing Niche

Introduces the problem by either highlighting the gaps in the previous research studies

Occupying the Niche

Sets stage for the solution to the problem

Review of the related literature

Often consist of a summary and the synthesis of varied sources gathered by researchers

Methodology

Teachers tend to say that this research part could be written last because this is the most convenient to do on how they completed it

Data collection

Is done when the proposal has been approved

Primary data

Refers to the first hand information, such as eye witnesses, field report, diaries, interviews and etc.

Secondary sources

Sources that support primary sources such as book, journal articles, newspaper, reviews and etc.