Cmst (19/02)

On several assignments throughout the quarter, you will be asked to provide an analysis versus a summary. Analysis helps broaden and deepen your understanding of the material. It is different than summarizing. Here’s how…

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Summary is:

· Restating

· Retelling

· Highlighting the major points

· Providing the main ideas

· Sharing facts that everyone knows

· Recapping

· Providing a description

· Listing

· Telling what happened

· Defining

· Identifying

· Reciting

· Observing

· Reviewing

Analysis is:

· Examining - looking more closely at the situation and your actions; going beyond describing to examining

· Dissecting

· Going below the surface

· Exploring - trying to figure out why

· Explaining how or why

· Demonstrating critical thinking about learning and experiences

Sources:

Dawn McCann Edmonds School District

http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/analysis.html

Links to an external site.

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Links to an external site.

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/reflective-analysis