Writ 1133 features of strong analysis paragraphs

1. Analyses

2. An analysis paragraph shows how a single piece of evidence supports and develops
your thesis. You create one by presenting that (single) piece of evidence as
directly as possible; analyzing it using heuristic concepts and terms (in our case,
from Hunt); and connecting the results to the thesis.
Here’s a good way to organize a paragraph of analysis:
• State your argumentative claim. (Include a transition from the previous
paragraph).
• Quote the relevant evidence (if quotable; if not, describe it clearly).
• Use heuristic concepts/terms to dissect the evidence and show how it supports
your claim.
• Indicate how the argument you’ve made in this paragraph contributes to your
thesis overall.
Bad ways to organize a paragraph of analysis include:
• Summarizing rather analyzing.
• Neglecting to present the evidence, or at least not directly.
• Neglecting to use the conceptual terminology.
• Cramming multiple claims and/or pieces of evidence into a single paragraph.
• features of a strong analysis paragraph