Analysis includes the identification of the parts, analysis of the relationships between parts, and recognition of the organizational principles involved.

Analysis includes:

Analysis of elements:

• Ability to recognize unstated assumptions. Ability to distinguish facts from hypotheses
• Ability to distinguish statements of fact from value judgments
• Ability to distinguish conclusions from the facts that support them (hypotheses, facts, opinions, assumptions, biases, value statements, conclusion, examples, evidence).

Analysis of relationships

• Ability to identify the relationships between hypothesis and evidence.
• Ability to identify conclusions and hypothesis
• Ability to identify consistency of one part to another part. Ability to identify the relevance of parts to central idea
• Ability to identify the interrelationships among the ideas in a message
• Ability to distinguish cause and effect relationships from other sequential relationships
• Ability to detect logical fallacies in arguments
• Ability to distinguish relevant from irrelevant statements

Analysis of organizational principles

• Ability to infer points of view and patterns (form, structure) Ability to infer, e.g., an author's values (point of view, bias) as reflected in his/her work
• Ability to see the techniques used in persuasive communications such as advertising or propaganda.