The Analysis Essay                                                

• Analysis involves breaking something down into its components and discovering the parts that make up the whole.

  Q: "Discuss the different services a junior college offers a community."

  A: Thesis: A junior college offers the community at least three main types of educational services: vocational education for young people, continuing education for older people, and personal development for all individuals.

  Outline for supporting details and examples:

  1. Vocational education

  2. Continuing education

  3. Personal development

• Useful transition words:
  

  • first, second, third, etc.

  • next

  • another

  • in addition

  • moreover