The Essay Process

What is a key component of an effective Process Analysis essay?

• Explain with details

• Skip steps you feel are unnecessary

• Do not use details

Process analysis is writing that …

• looks into causes of a particular situation.
• explains in detail the steps in a process. 
• explains the key aspects of an identified situation.
• none of the above.

The two types of process analysis essays are

• instructional and inverted.
• directional and informational.
• informational and inverted.
• directional and instructional

Understanding your audience is especially important for a directional process analysis essay.

• True
• False

Which of the following should be considered when writing a process analysis essay?

• Audience analysis
• Topic sentences and transitions
• Language level
• All of the above.

Personal suggestions or preferences, tips and specific instances should be included into the essay to make it interesting for the reader.

• True
• False

Even though an directional process analysis essay is simply a series of “how to” steps, the topic must still be entertaining to the reader.

• Yes
• No

The thesis statement should consist of ...

• the number of steps needed. 
• difficulty level.
• controlling ideas.
• all of the above.

The order of events is less important for an informational essay than for a directional essay.

• True
• False

The following, though included in all good writing, are especially important in process analysis essays:

• figures of speech, including similes and metaphors.
• time-order transitions such as “first, next, then” and “finally”
• personal pronouns such as “I”, “we”, “he” and “she”
• phrases such as “for example” and “such as”