In an analysis of a cologne advertisement, you might explain how the ad encourages consumers to objectify themselves.
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If you're analyzing the TV show Family Guy, you might argue that a particular episode is actually a parody of the controversy over health care. When you interpret something, you explain what you think it means. Your goal is to lead readers through careful examination of the text to some kind of interpretation or reasoned judgment, generally announced clearly in a thesis statement. To analyze the lyrics of a new hip-hop song, you might need to introduce other artists that the lyrics refer to or explain how the lyrics relate to aspects of hip-hop culture.Ī clear interpretation or judgment. All texts are part of ongoing conversations, controversies, or debates, so to understand the text, you need to understand the larger context. For an analysis of several advertisements, for example, you'd likely show several ads and also describe them in some detail.Īttention to the context.
A well-known text such as the Gettysburg Address may require only a brief description, but less well-known texts require a more detailed SUMMARY.
Your readers may not know the text you are analyzing, so you need to include it or tell them about it before you can analyze it. W-6 Textual Analyses W-6a Key Elements of a Textual AnalysisĪ summary of the text.
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