October 8th, 2020 
Analysis of Text: (900 words). Building from your ekphrasis, now break down what you have described and speak to the larger purpose, concept, and/or meaning of what you have observed (considering what is interesting, strange, and/or revealing/important about your observations). Since analysis breaks things into parts, it might help to be inductive here: think about the different elements you observed and why they matter, why they stood out to you, and why they are unique. Be sure to draw your analysis from your details, and your observations of those details. What can you express about your items features that might not be thought of, at first glance? What can you uniquely uncover and discover about this item? Then, approach an overall impression and interpretation of your item in your conclusion. Although this is a shorter essay, and this may therefore be your comfort zone, DO NOT impose a five paragraph theme structure onto your analysis.
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