The Analytical essay, Don't Get it Right, Get it Wrote!

The analytical essay is a relatively brief, tightly organized, and highly focused piece of writing designed to (1) reveal your understanding of the perspectives or issues under discussion, (2) identify and analyze important concepts, assumptions or principles contained in the works, (3) identify strengths and weaknesses of various perspectives, competing ideas, or arguments, and (4) report any noteworthy insights gained or things learned from doing the analysis. Topics can be selected from a list that will be generated in class. The essays should be amenable to a brief treatment and should have a sufficient literature base available. If you are comparing and contrasting perspectives of different authors, include at least two, but preferably three, somewhat different perspectives. It is possible to write essays using only the resources found in the ACC Library, but it may be desirable to use other literature. Online resources may address the topic of an essay in a substantive way, so feel free to use any relevant literature you can find. When using online resources be sure to use a systematic approach to determining the reliability of the source.
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