ENGL-1302
Description
Analysis Essay Assignment
For additional information, here are some links that you may want to review:
Elements of analysis (Links to an external site.)
Organizing your analysis (Links to an external site.)
Sample rhetorical analysis (Links to an external site.)
Select ONE of the following articles for this essay:
“Opinion: Why We Should Cancel the Phrase ‘Cancel Culture’” by Max Boot (Links to an external site.)
“Cancel Culture: The Good, The Bad & Its Impact on Social Change” by Alexandra D’Amour (Links to an external site.)
Complete the SOAPS worksheet before starting the essay.
Length: 800 words (minimum)
Source: One essay from the list above. No other sources may be used – this is a limited analysis. Papers that use other sources will receive a zero. Both in-text citations and a works cited page will be needed. The works cited page will only list the literary work that you analyzed in your essay.use the current 8th edition MLA format when documenting your source.
For this essay, you will analyze the author’s use of rhetoric (rhetorical elements)
What is the author’s purpose for writing the essay? Who is the author’s target audience? Does the author effectively reach that audience? What tone does the author use and is it effective?
What appeals – logical, ethical, emotional – does the author use? In your analysis, you will need to examine how the author achieves his purpose with the target audience.
Other things to consider are: word choice, organization,, use of evidence.
Organization of the essay:
Introduction. Have a hook for the opening of the essay. You may include a brief summary of the article. Identify the title of the literary work and the full name of the author. Place the thesis at the end of the introduction.
Three analysis paragraphs. Each needs a strong topic sentence that identifies the element/aspect of the literary work that you are examining.
Include at least one SHORT direct quote in each analysis paragraph.
In-text documentation is required for all direct quotes used.
Conclusion. Wrap everything up for the reader. Restate the thesis. Work to hold the reader’s attention.
The essay needs to be double spaced. Use MLA style documentation for both in-text citations and the works cited entry. The paper needs to be written in third person.
No more than 10% of the paper may be direct quotes. Select quotes carefully as they should be used to support your ideas rather than pad your paper.
The essay needs to be written in present verb tense.
In your essay you will need to:
clearly identify the title of the literary work and author in the introduction of your analysis
Have a hook that captures the reader’s attention
Have a clear to indicate the focus of your analysis
include at least one short direct quote per body paragraph – this helps to establish a strong connection between your ideas and the work itself
use strong transitions to move the reader from one point to the next.
Before you start the essay take notes over what you have read.
Highlight and annotate the literary work. In an analysis when you highlight and annotate it is the same as gathering information from sources when writing a research paper.
You may consider your ideas valid as long as you can support those ideas with evidence from the literary work.
