2. analytical essay topics and ideas analytical essay examples

Decide what to write about. If you are writing this for a class, your teacher will generally assign you a topic (or topics) to write about. Read the prompt carefully. What is the prompt asking you to do? However, sometimes you will have to come up with your own topic.

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  If you're writing an analytical essay about a work of fiction, you could focus your argument on what motivates a specific character or group of characters. Or, you could argue why a certain line or paragraph is central to the work as a whole. For example: Explore the concept of vengeance in the epic poem Beowulf.
  
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  If you're writing about a historical event, try focusing on the forces that contributed to what happened.
  
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  If you're writing about scientific research or findings, follow the scientific method to analyze your results.