The Materials Analysis is a brief Google Document (~500 words) that explicates how the features of each instruction set target an audience, suit a specific online venue, and accomplish a purpose. When writing the Materials Analysis, it is probably most productive to introduce the two sets together and then explicate their features separately in the body before concluding. An effective three-part structure for the Materials Analysis is outlined below:

1. Introduction: Introduce your topic by providing relevant background information. Why are your instructions needed? What problems do they solve? You will have to identify each instruction set's specific context (where it could be found), the audience it targets, and what it seeks to achieve. Juxtapose the two sets by contrasting what one does with the other. The introduction is generally one or two paragraphs.
   
   
2. Body: Taking each instruction set in turn, identify some of its specific, concrete features and explain how these features help it target an audience, fit a context, and/or achieve a purpose. The body should constitute the bulk of your Materials Analysis.
   
   
3. Conclusion: Bring the sets back together and briefly reiterate what they accomplish and key ways that they do it. The conclusion generally is no longer than a solid paragraph.

Remember that an analysis does not use first person; it should not talk about you nor your design process. The Materials Analysis is like a legal case. It should establish an argument to prove in the introduction. It should then present its evidence in the body. Lastly, it should make its closing argument in the conclusion.

Once you have completed your Materials Analysis, you will submit it to me electronically using the form below. Once your Google Doc is ready for submission, make certain that its "Share" setting is "Public on the Web," and then enter the document's URL in the form below. Feel free to contact me with specific questions.