We have compiled a complete guide to writing an analytical essay from scratch. Essay writing is not an easy task. However, when it comes to analytical essays, this level of ‘easy task’, dips even lower as it is a much more difficult task. Many students fear losing marks and grades due to analytical essays.

An analytical essay is not a summary. It is the critical analysis of a literary work, most commonly a book or an article. Writing an analytical piece helps you develop skills for an argumentative and synthesis essay.

By the end of this blog, you will have a full command over analytical writing, its objectives and outline, and some topics and examples to help you understand it further and have some ideas for your essay.

Duncan's crayons are tired of being forgotten about. Poor Maroon got lost in the sofa cushions, turquoise got stuck to Duncans socks after accidentally being stuck in the dryer, and Pea Green who knows no kid likes peas so he won't get used. All of these crayons write post cards to Duncan asking to be rescued from their fates. This is such a fun story to read to your kids about what might be going on in their crayons heads when they aren't around. An activity I would have my students complete after reading this book is to have them write a letter to one of the forgotten crayons urging them to come home. In the book, Duncan makes a compromise on how he can make all his crayons feel loved and I would have the students try to pitch this to one of the forgotten crayons to get them to come home. It gives them experience in not only writing letters but in persuasive writing as well. 

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While it has always just been assumed that literature with rich language and metaphors is a good thing, science is now proving that fiction can in fact stimulate the brain and even trigger behavior modification. In 2006, Spanish researchers used an MRI to scan the brain of subjects while they read various types of words. They found that words associated with the senses, such as “coffee” or “perfume,” can trigger a response in the primary olfactory cortex.

French and Canadian researchers, using similar methods, have found that reading fiction rich in metaphor stimulates more than just sensory responses. The brain also interprets the social interactions of fictional characters as real-life, which helps explain how and why some readers react emotionally to what they read.

One wonders how long before savvy publishers instruct writers to deliberately load their writing with key words specially chosen to invoke emotional reactions. That tactic would not be new however. Political writers long ago discovered the value of inflammatory words to elicit emotional responses. In the computer world, search engine optimization (SEO), is a method of using key word embedding to elicit higher ranking results from internet search engines.

Perhaps one day fiction authors will have corporate sponsors as was done in the early days of radio and television.

Another great addition to a strong series! I love the characters (not Kit) and it was a great story, great plot. Nice ending too! Hope this series is a long running one!