Process Analysis Essays

• Process
• Procedure that follows a series of steps or stages
• Analysis
• Involves taking a subject apart and explaining its components in order to better understand the whole.
• Process Analysis
• Explains an action, or an event from beginning to end.
• Concentrates on either a mental or physical operation.

Two Forms of Process Analysis

1. Directive
1. Can give directions explaining how to do something
2. Directions for a task the reader may want to try in the future
2. Informative
1. Can give information about how something happened
2. Give information about what actually occurred in a specific situation