Analytical Writing

Write the overarching idea first, then highlight key words, write their definitions, device/word class, connotations and every inference that can be made out of them. A good paragraph requires two quotations (main and linking).

The context is historical/contempary knowledge relating to the question you're writing about. For example, an essay on character development set in a specific time period would include some specific customs, views and traditions on it from the time period.

For a paragraph, we'd need to add in audience reaction to predict what a modern and contempary audience may be feeling as they read/watch this.

The best sentence starters for a thesis/introduction are the following:

Embedding quotations is essential for you to scrape up marks. For example, if you were embedding the quotation 'hard and sharp as flint' from A Christmas Carol [Charles Dickens] you may say, 'For example, Scrooge is described as being 'hard and sharp as flint' by the narrator. We've put it in the middle of a sentence.

Keeping up with the example of 'hard and sharp as flint', two inferences can be made, and it's the alternative inferences that will get you top grades.

My English teacher always says that an analytical paragraph is like an umbrella. The topic sentence is the bit right at the top, grouping everything together.

Word-Level inference is an extremely important part of analytical writing.

Devices are ESSENTIAL! They are what makes an ordinary piece stand out. And our job is to identify