Tertiary Phase: The Issue-Analysis Report

Well, you’re close to halfway through your academic essay writing for the semester.^[1] Phew. We’ve done a fairly conversational, less formal personal narrative, and you’ve done a sort of more formal, interview-based profile essay. Now, we’re heading towards some real, formal, research-based writing. This is the Big League. This is what you’ve been preparing for. Toss those first-person pronouns into a drawer, honey, because you probably won’t need them here.