SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HUMANITIES DIVISION
Analysis Essay Assignment
Choose a subject you are very familiar with to analyze—make sure the subject is something in which you are very interested.
Consider what question you will be answering about that subject (remember most analysis is based on comparison or effect/cause). Make sure you know of much factual information relevant to that question.
Make sure the question you devise is neither too broad for an essay nor too narrow (nor factual).
Write a focused Analytical Essay using detailed facts to support the answer you give to your question.
Title the essay with a title that captures the unique essence of the essay.
Type the Analysis Essay--3 to 5 pages double-spaced—with the following heading:
Your Name
Sean Rody’s English 101
Quarter Year
Analysis EssayFill out Analysis Essay Evaluation completely (including number of points earned and precise, detailed reasons why points are deserved).
Staple all pages together--before coming to class--and turn in on ______.