Begin by understanding college

expectations for writing to analyze.

When you write to analyze a text, you

identify what you want to analyze $-$ content,

language, purpose, structure. Your essay will

have a thesis that, in some way, offers your

own insight and assertion about the quality

of the information in the article. Remember

that analysis breaks down the whole into

parts and examines those parts in order to

evaluate the quality of ideas and content in

the whole.