ENGL 104 Lecture 1: Chapter 14 Process Analsysis Notes
Chapter 15—Process Analysis
• A process analysis explains in step by step fashion how
something works, or how something is done or made.
Process analyses provide people with practical
information—directions for assembling equipment,
instructions for registering for classes, an explanation of
how a medication works. Whatever the purpose, the
information in a process analysis must be accurate, clear,
and easy to follow.
• Two types of writing call for the use of process analysis:
(1) To explain HOW TO DO SOMETHING to readers WHO
WANT OR NEED TO PERFORM THE PROCESS (directive
process analysis) (2) To explain HOW SOMETHING WORKS
to readers WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS
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BUT NOT ACTUALLY PERFORM IT (informative process
analysis).
• See bottom of page 331and top of 332.
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• Process Analysis Usually Includes an Explicit Thesis
Statement: A process analysis usually contains a clear
thesis that identifies to process to be discussed and
suggests why the process is important or useful to the
reader. See various samples for how-to-process vs. how-
it-works thesis statements on page 332.
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• Process Analysis is Organized Chronologically: The steps or
events in a process analysis are usually organized in
chronological order—that is, order in which the steps are
normally completed. For essays that explain lengthy
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Document Summary
Chapter 15 process analysis: a process analysis explains in step by step fashion how something works, or how something is done or made. Process analyses provide people with practical information directions for assembling equipment, instructions for registering for classes, an explanation of how a medication works. Whatever the purpose, the information in a process analysis must be accurate, clear, and easy to follow: two types of writing call for the use of process analysis: (1) to explain how to do something to readers who. Want or need to perform the process (directive process analysis) (2) to explain how something works to readers who want to understand the process. But not actually perform it (informative process analysis): see bottom of page 331and top of 332, process analysis usually includes an explicit thesis. Statement: a process analysis usually contains a clear thesis that identifies to process to be discussed and suggests why the process is important or useful to the reader.