Overview An analysis requires you to choose a topic, collect and evaluate evidence, and then establish your thoughts on the subject based on the information you’ve gathered. You have examined a decent chunk of fairy tales, thought about how you understand them and how they affect our modern world, and you have also collected several sources that relate to it. This assignment requires you to pull everything together into a working draft. Here’s a checklist for you to consider as you make your draft: You will want to include your thesis statement (whatever you are looking to prove about how fairy tales function in the modern world), which you will emphasize throughout your essay with evidence. Your thesis statement should have two parts – a claim and a reason.
