Chapter 4 - Practice Exercise 4

Explaining the Significance of Analysis

Based on the topic sentence and components you choose to analyze, draft a paragraph that unlooses the parts of your topic and brings overall meaning to it.

Review of the Structure of an Analysis Paragraph

Additional Analysis Practice

Topic: Social media website or an app

1. Identify a more focused subject for your analysis based on the given topic.
2. Break down the parts of the subject by brainstorming 8–10 possible parts.
3. Identify the function of the parts in relation to the whole. Identify a thesis or topic sentence that clarifies the relationship.
4. Explain the significance of the analysis by composing a paragraph that analyzes your subject.
5. Check your paragraph against the sample paragraph above to ensure your writing has equivalent components and is organized similarly.

Topic: A store or restaurant

1. Identify a more focused subject for your analysis based on the given topic.
2. Break down the parts of the subject by brainstorming 8 10 possible parts.
3. Identify the function of the parts in relation to the whole. Identify a thesis or topic sentence that clarifies the relationship.
4. Explain the significance of the analysis by composing a paragraph that analyzes your subject.
5. Check your paragraph against the sample paragraph above to ensure your writing has equivalent components and is organized similarly.