AP LANG- Process analysis

What is process analysis?

explains how to do something, how to make something, or how something happens

What does process analysis specifically explain?

-explains a sequence of actions with a specified result (the process) by dividing it into component steps (the analysis).
-it answers the question of how something happens.

what is another word for specified results?

the process

what is another name for component steps?

the analysis

What is the purpose of process analysis?

-to explain
-prove something about the process or evaluate it

What varieties of process analysis are available?

mechanical (a car engine), natural (cell division), psychological (acquisition of sex roles), or political (the electoral process).

What are the two main types of process analysis?

directive or explanatory

What is directive process?

-tells how to do or make something:
-outline the individual steps so anyone can duplicate them and achieve the specified result.
-permits the use of second-person you, concentrating on words that tell the reader what to do, or the use of commanding verbs

What is explanatory process?

-provides the info for readers to understand the process, but more to satisfy their curiosity than to teach them how to do something.
-Third-person he, she, it, and they are more common with this type of process than second-person.

How is a process analysis usually organized?

- follow a chronological sequence
-phases or stages
-then divided into steps
-clear

phases or stage examples

for changing a tire:
-jacking up the car
- removing the flat
-putting on the spare
-lowering the car

step examples

one of those stages
—jacking up the car:
setting the emergency brake, blocking the other wheels, loosening the bolts, positioning the jack, and raising the car.

What kind of thesis is required for a process analysis?

process analysis thesis

A process analysis thesis should contain which two elements?

main point of the analysis & organizational format for exploring the main idea

What kind of transitional expressions are used in process analysis?

signal words that help keep the chronological sequence straight

signal words example

after five minutes, meanwhile, to the left, before pumping the jack, and below.