please see attachmentENG 105: Composition I Learning Unit 7: AssignmentSample Textual Analysis Essay AssignmentInstructions: Read the

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ENG 105: Composition I Learning Unit 7: Assignment

Sample Textual Analysis Essay Assignment

Instructions: Read the sample student essay carefully and answer the Response Questions. Before

reading the essay, please review the brief comments I’ve provided below, as they will help you better

understand how this essay can work as a model for you. When you are done answering the Response

Questions, upload your activity to the Drop Box.

Comments on the Sample Essay:

This sample student essay illustrates one approach to the Textual Analysis essay:

 The essay titled “Gardens: Can They Save the World?” (which analyzes “Why Bother?”) develops

the analysis by making claims about the author’s methods. That is, she does not move

chronologically through Pollan’s essay. Instead, to support the thesis, the student makes main

points about the essay’s rhetoric and then develops each point by providing and discussing

examples from throughout Pollan’s essay.

 Another approach would be “chronological,” i.e., moving through the professional essay you

have chosen section by section, showing the development of the rhetorical appeals as you

progress through the essay.

Note: You can use either method of development depending on the points you would like to make in

your essay. Please be aware, though, that using the second method (chronological organization) can

sometimes lead to mere summary of (or retelling of) the essay. Be sure that if you analyze the essays

chronologically, you focus on discussing what method the author uses, why he would use this method,

and how it would affect the audience or build the argument.

Response Questions: Answer the following questions for the sample student essay:

1. How effective do you think the introduction is? Why?

2. What is the student’s thesis statement? Write it here.

3. Please list the student’s main points (to support the thesis).

4. What stood out to you as particularly good about the student’s essay?

5. How do you think the essay could be improved?

© Kara Wilson and Indian Hills Community College

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