Prewriting/Proposal/Organization: Review “Writing a Project Proposal,” Chapter 19 in Everyone’s an Author (372-376; 1st Ed; 358, 2nd Ed) and submit a proposal and outline for your Analysis Essay. Answer the following questions to work towards a thesis for your essay. Prepare a formal or graphical outline to organize the paragraphs of your essay. Plan where to place all evidence, analysis, and transition. Plan to write approximately 250-500 words. Feel free to discuss your plan with a Writing Center or Smarthinking tutor.
- What question does your analysis answer?
- What discoveries did you make in your analysis?
- Why does this stuff interest you?
- Why would this stuff interest your readers?
- What have you analyzed and why?
- What conclusions or insights do you want to share?
- List the evidence you have gathered (examples, quotations, quantitative and qualitative data) that is likely to persuade your audience.
- Create your thesis sentence.
