Analytical Writing in 3 Simple Steps

Analytical writing is a common but tricky type of analytical writing because it requires a different set of skills when compared to more familiar things like research writing. Luckily, it's easy to write effective analysis: you only have to answer three easy questions.

0:00 Introduction
1:13 What is Analysis?
2:44 What?
5:18 So What?
8:06 How Do You know?
10:07 An Example
11:33 Conclusion

[robotgeorge]

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 YouTube. Thank you for flicking the light switch in my brain!

[geoffreycanie]

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!

[goodinred]

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

[gravityswitch]

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.

[anneeboo]

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!

[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!

[pauls]

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 Youtubers; but we go for quality, and your talks are brimming with it. This video is excellent. Thank you for posting.

[TheNotSoGreat]

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

[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. 🙂

[dh]

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

[sbrinnna]

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

[hunghuynh]

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

[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!

[dinithperera]

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

[jaskaran]

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

[vicwhitten]

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

[dawn]

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. :)

[crix_headshotgg]

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.

[drakemitri]

Excellent breakdown. I appreciated it!

[Sydneyyrhodess]

Thank you Andrew for breaking this down for us!