we do so not simply to break things down but to construct our understandings

the relationship between

Analytical writing is more concerned with arriving at an understanding of a subject than it is with either self-expression or changing readers’ views.

The term inference describes your thinking process.

specific tasks that will reduce the anxiety for answers, impede the reflex move to judgments, and encourage a more hands-on engagement with materials.

encouraging defamiliarization.

converting suggestions into direct statements.

try eliminating evaluative adjectives—those that offer judgments with no data.

The topics were “places” that an orator (speech-maker) could visit, mentally, to discover possible ways of developing a subject.