The recipe analysis technique

The recipe analysis technique

The recipe analysis technique can be effectively used for writing assignments because it consists of three stages required in having a comprehensive paper i.e., ingredients, cooking process, and the dish. The ingredients are simply the sources one walks through when gathering information and making references to what others have said about a topic, and these may include observation, experts, experiences, written material, visuals, graphics, and many other media. The cooking process is meant to put across one’s idea drawn from the various sources with the use of quotations, paraphrasing, and reporting to give scope, ideas, and criticism. Finally, in the finished dish, well arrived at conclusions are come from evidence collected from the various sources. The outcome might include opinions, relationships, plans, and reasons for and against.

The other analysis technique I have used is the critical analysis, which is about communicating findings to the reader through the process of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Analysis and integration take place when one is going through various sources. The aim is to establish what other writers have said about a topic and then pick a stand by having a thesis statement that is used to write a paper with an academic approach. To do this, there is a need to emphasize on pieces of evidence as drawn from other articles inform of images and graphs. For successful evaluation, there is giving of background information entailing the nature of the assignment with a clearly stated thesis statement to allow the reader to experience their own process of analysis and synthesis in one write up. This is followed by a summary and interpretation of the topic to give an appeal to the reader on what should be done or conclude on the stand that has been taken.

Source

Haller, c. (2011) Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources. Library of Congress