Analysis Guide: A template
Identify the following components for the essay you are analyzing:
Title:
___________________________________
Author:
___________________________________
Type of argument:
___________________________________
Line of argument: ___________________________________
Intended audience: ___________________________________
Claim: ___________________________________
Reason: ___________________________________
Overview: ___________________________________
Combine these elements into complete sentences for your introduction, which can be 3 to
5 sentences. However, you must mention each component.
Write your introduction below.
First quotation: (You will need three.) You should follow the A, B, C method: A-Answer
the question. B-Back it up with a quotation. C-Connect your answer to the overall topic.
Here is how the quotation should be set up:
In the middle of the essay, the author’s use of (pathos) is evident when she writes,
“Quotation.”
Write out your quotation:
Why did this passage capture your attention?
Circle one specific word that revealed the audience to you. Write that word here:
_______.
How did that word reveal the audience to you? Write your response here.
How is that word an example of the line of argument that you identify? Write your
response here:
Which word reveals the claim or reason that you identified? Write it here: ___________.
Why does that word reveal the claim or reason?
Circle another word in that quotation that reveals the audience to you: _________.
How did that word reveal the audience to you? Write your response here.
How is that word an example of the line of argument that you identify? Write your
response here:
How does this quotation fit into the overall essay or short story?
Combine your above responses into complete sentences to create one paragraph of at
least 8 lines of analysis. If you fall short of 8 lines, look for the word or words that
further reveal the audience, line of argument, the claim, reason, or even warrants at work.
You can also discuss how certain metaphors or analogies play a role in the argument.
Write that paragraph below.
Follow the above steps, all of them, for your 2nd Quotation and 3rd quotation.