Analytical Writing in 3 Simple Steps

[@robotgeorge2896]

My goodness. Years of reading theory and despairing over my failures to write a single comprehensible thing about literature, and all I needed to do was watch a 12-minute video on KZbin. Thank you for flicking the light switch in my brain!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome--I'm glad it helped!

[@geoffreycanie4609]

I played this in class for my students (on the Smartboard) who need to pass an opinion style essay question for a standardized test. They found your approach quite helpful. I paused it at various points to piggy-back on what you were saying to focus it to the specifics of the particular task they have. Your clear and informed style of presenting made this easy to do. Thank-you!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'm honored that you gave me a spot in your classroom--that's high praise, and it's not lost on me. Thank you!

[@gravityswitch9528]

I sincerely appreciate this video: Most videos on this subject simply give the same rudimentary structure of essays -- and or analysis specifically -- but you actually gave an insightful line of reasoning. I am unsure if you have ever taught of learned rhetorical techniques, but you speak very similarly to a debate coach I know, and you exemplify all the ideals and techniques my coach tells me about: You speak clearly and deliberately by selecting your words, you give a clear link-chain of how ideas relate to their impacts, and you signpost each and every part of what you are doing. I don't know if you still, or ever, read comments, but thank you for your work.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks for the comment--I sure do read them! I'm glad to hear the video was helpful, too!

[@goodinred3780]

Me watching this 30min before I have to write an analytical essay 😭😭

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Oh no! I hope it worked out okay!

[@dapringle1144]

Same lol😂

[@mariagutierrez7579]

😂😂😂 😭😭😭😭I’m in the same boat!

[@Hemp3]

Me too😢

[@JoeSiyah]

I literally couldn't find a video to help me on this topic, but this allowed me to understand this topic easily. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're very welcome!

[@anneeboo9898]

By far the most informative yet lightweight tutorial on analytical writing that I've come across :D I love how bite-sized and easy-to-understand everything was. Sooo helpful!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Hey thanks--I'm really pleased to hear it!

[@TobiaLoos]

I am in Germany and I will write my 10th grade test. Since now I didn't get how to write an analysis. I loved the example with the pen. Thank you!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome--glad it helped!

[@repie]

Thank you for making these videos. I've always wanted to be a good writer because I've always been enthralled by writing from shows amd books I've loved. However I never knew how to approach it. I'm studying to become an electrical engineer and am in my junior year. I realized what writing skills I have now are not very great, and will get worse since I'll no classes and so teachers to help improve them. So sincerely, thank you so much. I've watched your videos multiple times to help drive your points home, and I feel so much more confident in going forward as a result. 🙂

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'd heart this twice if I could--thanks for taking the time to share this! I'm happy to hear these videos have been helpful to you: that's exactly why I'm making them. As long as you keep practicing, you'll keep getting better. Plus, you recognize the value of writing--so you're lightyears ahead of most 😉

[@pauls7056]

Andrew, your videos and so helpful and professional. I learn so much when watching your videos. I suspect that you have a smaller following than some other KZbinrs; but we go for quality, and your talks are brimming with it. This video is excellent. Thank you for posting.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're too kind--this means a lot. Thanks for the support!

[@TheNotSoGreat1]

Genuinely thank you so much! I've been having a lot of trouble with this English analysis task I had and this has made me understand so much more. I'll make sure to remember this video for the future if I ever need any reminders

[@vicwhitten7023]

I’m using this in my first English class going back to school in eight years. Thank you so much !

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That's awesome--go get 'em!

[@sbrinnna2103]

Starting at the last min on my analysis paper and found this video very helpful, thank you!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Ha, I don't think I can endorse starting a paper at the last minute--but I am glad the video helped! Good luck!

[@hunghuynh47]

Another superb video Andrew. Much needed from me and dozens of other students

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You got it!

[@jaskaran2756]

Thank you so much for this video. It improved my analytical writing skills for scholarship test.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That's awesome! I'm glad to hear it!

[@d2h655]

Truly grateful for this timeless video! I was specifically looking for this one and I actually found it, thank you!!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'm glad to hear it--thanks!

[@hayleyveilleux2899]

I’m a grad student in a lit course (with a term paper due very soon), and this is everything I haven’t learned in the past 4 months.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Both sorry and happy to hear it. Gotta love a term paper--good luck!

[@crix_h3eadshotgg992]

This vid made me re-check whether I’ve subbed to you. I didn’t. I thought I did, since your video on How to read a Poem is in one of my playlists. Thank you.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Hey thanks!

[@WardLLz]

"when we focused on the pen we focused on the details that helped the pen to function, not aesthetic decoration or colours" OMG its actually making sense

[@WardLLz]

So find the purpose of the passage and the audience so then you can understand how the passage functions the way it does for that specific audience. I am finally understanding what is happening.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Yeah you are!

[@dinithperera7159]

This video was very helpful to me! I am struggling with descriptive essays and good comparative analysis, if possible can you also make a video based on this too

[@dawn8293]

I want to get into making media-analysis videos as a hobby. Thank you for making this video. It will help me figure out what I'm doing. :)

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet--that sounds like a fun project!

[@drakemitri3419]

Excellent breakdown. I appreciated it!

[@mm76.9]

As informative and succint as a video can get. Thanks for this.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet--and thank you!

[@Crocc101]

I got my English exam tomorrow but I haven’t had a English teacher all term, so I’m watching this

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I hope it went well!

[@Crocc101]

@ I think it did

[@vinodbhatia3812]

Thank you so much!! These are one of the few ones I understood❤

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome!

[@chichifd690]

thi is clearer and informative

[@Relativecalm2]

Greetings Andrew, I am an English and Literature teacher (Secondary School) and I loved your pen analogy - especially as I am quite partial to ye olde days fountain pens myself. I hope you don’t mind if I borrow this as I try to move students beyond the ubiquitous and often ill-fitting TEEL! I have now subbed and will take some break time to check out your other insights. Cheers.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks so much--here's to hoping it gets you some more interesting papers to read 😜

[@Sasuke0383]

You only have to answer 3 simple questions in each paragraph> What? So What?/Why is important? How Do You know?

[@Sydneyyrhodess]

Thank you Andrew for breaking this down for us!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Sure thing!

[@nike7511]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@nisansalasathyanganee5676]

Thank you for this! Learned a lot 😊

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet--glad to hear it!

[@sweatyoniphone9798]

Thank you so much! What your doing is really helping people like my self.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're so welcome--I'm delighted to hear it!

[@roselineawahnnoke1675]

Thanks for this beautiful analysis but add more to the theme❤

[@chichifd690]

how do i analyze the role of multistakeholders on the internet governance, and what the the benifits and challenges of involving government, civil society, technical community in the decision making process,

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Probably start by looking at the things that stakeholders do in the contexts you've listed (what?) and then continue by explaining the implications of what you observe or identify (so what?)

[@edyneuwamahoro5374]

This was so helpful. Thank you alot!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet!

[@Gumpo69]

Love how Andrew replies to every comment made. What a LEGEND🗿

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I literally couldn't do it without people like you!

[@aalihimu]

Thank you, Sir.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Sure thing!

[@zimtY_Unknown]

Not me watching this 7min b4 my exam😭😭, but amazing video, really helpful:)

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I hope the exam went well!

[@neo20242]

I’m a student who didn’t get how to do this at all but I soon as I watch this it all made sense not even my teacher could make me understand the way this video did😂

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Hey thanks! (I won't tell your teacher if you don't lol)

[@jimiejam9093]

this will help me amylase to my full potential thanks andrew much appreciated

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome!

[@amzingme7703]

Thnku very much.. that helped me a lot

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome--I'm glad to hear it!

[@Aac_Media_]

At least i have an idea of whats required

[@Aac_Media_]

Im not used to the standard english that uses jargons so what should i do inorder to write sentences that are not general , what strategy can i use since im just beginning English A level and im having difficulties to analyse a text extract or an article

[@WritingwithAndrew]

As a place to start, rather than saying the thing you're analyzing has "many colors," be specific and name them. Ideally, your reader will know what you're talking about even if they haven't seen the thing you're analyzing

[@ezara6957]

Very helpful thank you

[@fyreantz2555]

This was great! Thanks for the help, sir! Have an excellent day!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome--you too!

[@corrupt1238]

Thank you. I enjoyed your video, have liked & subbed

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks a bunch!

[@mohsinbhat-be7bh]

Oh gosh😵😵 its 6.13 am in my country at 9.15 am its my exam

[@pauls7056]

Andrew, you suggested letting you know if there are other writing topics you should consider discussing. How about 5 versatile and powerful prefixes and suffixes, what they mean and how to use them most effectively? I did a search on your site. The search showed zero. That said, after posting this, if I try it again I'll probably find 100! But, if you have not addressed this subject, it would be fascinating to get your insight and if you consciously use them or recommend them and, in what situations? Or, if you take the view that they are simply parts of existing words and have no value as a topic by themselves. Thank you.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That's a really interesting suggestion. It's probably something that I've thought more about in terms of growing my vocabulary, etc. than anything that's consciously in my head when I sit down to write. But, of course, knowing the language is part of the process. I'll see what I can do--thanks!

[@sophiapatriot112]

Thank you, your new subscriber.

[@RAHULYADAV-ih8nm]

Explain evaluative writting. Please

[@yjithsai4811]

Thank you Mr Andrew this helped

[@HansSoto-l9m]

This helped me a lot.

[@yerbolabzhamiyev3268]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate of your job!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You're welcome!

[@James72-j4t]

i need to do analysis and interpretation of data/information for physics paper on flight. Just getting a start today. any advice would be helpful...

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'm not a physicist, but I think this pattern will get you started: review the data, see what meaningful conclusions you can draw, and explain how you arrived at those conclusions

[@devinaayona3785]

Really helpful. Thanks Andrew!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet!

[@MuscleMash2000]

You said that "say it explicitly" line twice at the end of the How Do You Know Section on purpose? If so, I commend what you've done there 😂

[@NARESHKatraparthi]

Very good explanation 😊

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks!

[@cainsburys7164]

How could you present your thought process effectively without sounding conversational or informal

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That probably comes down to tone or style in writing. The difference, for example, between saying, "The fact that umbrellas block rain suggests that they would effectively keep someone dry" sounds more academic (if not overly so) than "Umbrellas keep people dry because they block rain." Either works, honestly, but the first gets the job done with a more formal style

[@cainsburys7164]

@WritingwithAndrew thank you Andrew so much

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You bet!

[@felisaferreira5179]

Could you please make a video for History writing? Is History analysts the same?

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I think the basic principles are the same (analysis is analysis), but I don't have much experience with the conventions of history writing. It would be interesting to look into, though, so I'll think about how I might handle it

[@felisaferreira5179]

@@WritingwithAndrewThanks for take the time to answer. Best wishes.

[@akshay5569]

is it same as authentic analysis?

[@WritingwithAndrew]

I'm not familiar with the term, but it sounds like a more specific kind of analysis. These are the basic general steps of analytical writing, but different kinds of analysis will push you to pay attention to different particular aspects of something

[@Caleigh826]

Watching this cause I failed my analytical essay 😭

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Oh no--there's always next time! 😔

[@ShinoNin]

Can anyone help? I dont quite understand what he means by "to explain the significance of those details in terms of how they motivate the audience to do as the author wants them to do."

[@ShinoNin]

Also wanted to add, Thank you so much ! Im a student still but obviously been writing analytic works for a while now, but i suppose ive never really known what an analytic writing was and this helped out greatly!

[@WritingwithAndrew]

It means that, if the ultimate goal of the thing you're analyzing is to motivate someone to do something (for example, buy a product), how do the different details of the advertisement work to make someone want to buy the product? Don't just say that the details do something--explain how they do it

[@ShinoNin]

@@WritingwithAndrew Thank you so much!!!!! This was really helpful. I sincerely appreciate it

[@preciousezinne9032]

I cannot understand the ps

[@dlamininqobile9777]

Am kinda still lost with the 'how do you know '

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Show your thought process for how you know that the details you've identified (what) are working the way you say they are (so what). If it were a math problem, not just showing the answer but also the steps you took to solve it

[@PolyThoma]

But it is my first write analysis paragraph

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You can do it!

[@splixgettinggoodatfortnite8468]

this got passed around the school discord a bit

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Ha, love it

[@SUPAMON]

4:16

[@NARESHKatraparthi]

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[@zabdanger]

Skull of Calderon 😂

[@ericsolojedi]

boring like this video...only watched for class

[@WritingwithAndrew]

We love a comment--say thanks to your teacher for me 😁

[@DavidBenedick-f1d]

Thank you so much this video helps a lot ❤🫶🤝🙏 I greatly appreciate you.❤