prompt # 3 question # 3

       After reading over the section a few times to get an understanding of what exactly is being said, I think that the most useful part of  "Academic writing is an analysis" is towards the end of the section when Irvin states that analysis works better when you "put all the cards on the table". I agree with this statement entirely. Writing down the information that you need to analyze and jotting down a few notes as you read will make the whole process easier. As you continue to write notes and think critically your understanding becomes better and writing becomes easier. I think what makes a good analysis is up for discussion. We can never quite understand exactly what a specific teacher wants in a paper. It is always better to ask rather than guess and analyze the wrong thing, the wrong way.