Essay Editing

An analysis is an argument that presents another believable view to a literary work!

l . How does thc student introduce/summarize the author’s story and the main Issue within the rhetorical discourse? Has the student writer gone beyond the superficial and delved deeply within the text and researched material 10 argue the possibilities of his analysis being true? Does the writer back up his inferences with research and quoted material?

2. What is the thesis and is it worded correctly? Does the student writer have enough evidence to support the thesis? Does each paragraph have a topic sentence that is supported with analytical evidence from the student writer’s research: literary analyses, literary critiques, critical analyses, literary criticisms, summaries, rhetorical analyses, elements of literature found in the work etc

3. What key words does the author cite from the original work? Does the student explain how these words are used how are these words within the original work and how they work within his analysis of that work?

4. What is the purpose and/or source of the student-writer’s argument/analysis? What does the student-writer want the audience to believe or accept as true? What is the genesis for this argument? Did the student-writer explain this to the readers?

5. Does the student give background information on the original author’s key issue?

How does the author explain the use of key words used in the speech or article?

6. How does the author explain the relationship of the original work to the culture and/or time in which the original work was composed? What are the cultural effects upon the author and his/her work? How does the student think the author represents himself in the original text?

7. How does the student express the social influence upon the author’s work? How does the student express the author’s assumption about what the audience already knows about the issue in his/her original text. Is the author of the original text believable?