Description
Reading: Preparing for Submitting Your Writing Notes
Introduction to Analysis
Analysis is the process that you constantly use in your everyday life. For example, when you are getting ready to take out a loan to buy a car, you analyze the loan documents to see how they affect your budget. When you study the nutritional information of a food product and compare it to similar products, you analyze that information to understand how it will impact your health. You even use analysis skills when watching your favorite television show and try to predict what will happen in the following scenes.
Analysis is also the process that is important in your academic and professional endeavors. You use analytical skills in all types of academic coursework—from business to education to health care to the social sciences. You will also use analysis in your future career—whether you are doing something like writing a business plan, giving feedback on a peer’s work, or studying your competitors.
You will develop and use analytical skills in this course to help you become a strong and confident writer. You will focus on strengthening your analysis and writing skills using one of three selected readings that will be introduced later in the course.
Literal Reading
What is literal reading*? It is when you take what you are reading at face value. The literal reading is the surface-level reading of a text. It is the understanding of a piece of text without breaking down components to study further.
