What is an analysis essay and how does it work? Usually in English class, teacher gives out an assignment asking students to write an essay on how an author uses rhetorical devices to develop a story. In an analysis essay, writers explains how an author brings meaning to a story using rhetorical strategies and how the rhetorical strategies help the author accomplish his task. An analysis essay is not a summary but how the strategies used by an author brings out the big picture from the text. There are three parts that are essential for an effective analysis essay. First is the introduction, which starts with an intro of what the passage or story one is writing about then comes the thesis statement. Thesis statement is important because it gives
