![]() ![]() ![]() In the argument about work-at-home policies, does the support acknowledge what’s good about previous and current practices? Note that strong support acknowledges and then logically explains away any opposition simply by offering stronger logical evidence on one side than the other. Just offering one reason with its accompanying evidence, that standardization would increase employee retention, is not sufficient support in itself. If the text’s main idea is that new work-at-home policies need to become standardized within specific professions, the support needs to include many different reasons why, and each reason why should have its own supporting evidence. When you decide to analyze a text, and when you determine the pieces (content, language, structure) on which to focus the analysis, ask and answer additional analytical questions. You may want to analyze the text for language, though, to see how an author uses language to accomplish her purpose. ![]() Writing that entertains does not necessarily have to be either logical or complete in order to accomplish its purpose. If the purpose is to entertain, then you may or may not need to analyze the text for its content.You may analyze the text in terms of its structure as well, since information placement can influence its importance and how that information is perceived. If the purpose is to inform or explain, you usually need to analyze the text, since the text needs to present valid information in objective language to meet its purpose of informing (as opposed to persuading) the reader.Persuasion and argument need to present logically valid information to make the reader agree intellectually (not emotionally) with the main idea. If the purpose is to persuade or logically argue, you always need to analyze the text to see if the main idea is justified, and to see how the supporting ideas, language, and structure relate to the main idea.Once you identify the main idea, identify the purpose in order to determine how/whether to analyze the text. What is the one thing that the author wants you to understand after reading the text? The main idea may be stated directly in the text, or it may be implied, in which case you need consider the text carefully in order to identify its main idea. What additional pieces of the text should I question more fully (content, language, structure), based on the author’s purpose?Īlways start by identifying the main idea of the text that you have read.Understanding is the basis for analysis.įuller analysis happens after a first reading, when you delve into the text more completely, asking and answering specific questions about its parts.Īsk and answer three basic questions as a starting point for analyzing a text: Do you agree or disagree with certain ideas? Did you react to certain phrases? How do the ideas in the text relate to your own experience? Application of reading skills such as previewing, annotating, note-taking, and summarizing all help you note characteristics that you may want to investigate further as they promote your ability to understand the text. Upon a first reading, take note of characteristics to investigate further. ![]() Reading a text for the purpose of analysis usually requires you to read that text more than once. There are four main parts to a text that you may analyze, and multiple sections within each part.īreaking a Text into its Parts for Analysis As the American Heritage Dictionary states, analysis is “the separation of an intellectual…whole into constituents for individual study.” Analysis essentially takes apart the whole text and examines how the parts relate to one another to make up the text’s ideas and content, in order to determine the quality of the ideas and content. Reading to AnalyzeĪnalytical reading starts with finding and understanding a main idea, and then considers the validity of that main idea by studying its parts, to see how logically those parts fit together. Analysis helps determine the quality of the information you read by extracting and examining different aspects of that information. You may analyze the argument in a text or article, the benefits of a business proposal, and/or the ideas offered in a news editorial or television news commentary. Analysis is a critical thinking skill you use quite often, in academic as well as professional and everyday reading and writing. ![]()
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