Essay Topic Hub

Process
Essays

25,438+ paper examples, study guides & outlines

25,438 papers
1 subject area
UG & Grad levels
Free to browse
What is Process Essays (Examples)?

A process essay is fundamentally different from other types of academic writing assignments.  In fact, it is closer to technical writing than to other types of academic writing. That is because a process essay describes a process that leads to a specific outcome.  There are two approaches to the process essay.  The first approach is often referred to as a directional process essay and is the simpler of the two approaches; it describes the steps necessary to complete a task.  The second approach to the process essay does more than outline steps, it also analyzes or explains the steps involved in the process.  The wording of your assignment will be important when you are trying to determine which approach to take while writing your process essay.  

The introduction of your process essay needs to accomplish several things.  First, it needs to introduce the process you are going to describe, and give background information about that process, when such information is necessary.  Next, it needs to identify your audience.  Identifying your audience does not require actually saying the targeted audience for your essay, but, if your reader needs a certain educational, technical, or professional background to understand the essay, then the introduction provides a great opportunity for you to provide that material.

The body of the essay involves your actual descriptions of the process.  For simple directional process essays, the body of the essay involves a step-by-step description of each part of the process.  For analytical process essays, in addition to outlining the steps you might explain them to the reader or analyze whether the steps are necessary to the process and make the process more efficient, or should be eliminated or changed in order to maximize efficiency and performance.

Finally, the conclusion of your essay will reiterate what you hope to achieve with the process described in the essay.  If you have analyzed the process and found it lacking, the conclusion may also describe suggestions for further study or review.  

25,438 papers
Sort by:
Paper High School
Graffiti and Possible Solutions Graffiti
Graffiti is an increasingly expensive and annoying problem in cities, towns, and schools in America. It is technically called vandalism, and while it is not confined to one area of the United States, and many public and…
Paper Doctorate
Evans and Rosenbaum (2008). Self-Regulation
Evans and Rosenbaum (2008). Self-Regulation and the Achievement Ga
Paper Undergraduate
Capital punishment and Catholic doctrine
The issue of the death penalty is one that is fraught with ethical, moral as well as theological questions and problems. Generally this is related to the view that the taking of life is seen from a theological view as…
Paper Doctorate
Close analysis of gender dynamics in male-centered worlds
"in the World of Men": The Practicality of the Way
Paper Undergraduate
High Level Plan to Implement
Developing and launching a Data Center as a Service (DaaS) requires a well-defined plan to mitigate risks, manage the integration of clients' content and data management platforms and applications, in addition to a…
Paper Undergraduate
Fleeting Nature of Time From
From the point-of-view of humanity, time is unforgiving and everything in the surrounding environment is subjected to time. Aging and death are just two of the concepts frequently associated with time.
Essay Doctorate
Descartes\' Famous Maxim \"I; I \"? Why
This paper discusses the famous philosophers Descartes and Locke. Descartes was a rationalist and believed in the mind as the ultimate instrument to arrive at 'truth.' Locke was an empiricist who believed in the value of observed experience. An empirical approach to inquiry is also supported by the scientific work of Isaac Newton, who founded the modern scientific method.
Essay Doctorate
Business Intelligence the Quest for So-Called \"Business
The quest for so-called "Business Intelligence", or BI for short, has been on the forefront of many organizational priorities in the last decade and it is likely that this trend will continue indefinitely. The attraction to BI is fairly clear. Although collecting and storing large amounts of information has become ubiquitous among modern organizations, there has been a relatively slower development in the ability to harness information to better support organizational goals and meet business objectives. Therefore the emerging BI technologies have promised to deliver better reporting and metrics to help professional spot trends and find insights. However, in spite of the best intentions, the ability to BI to contribute any meaningful assistance in finding opportunities has been somewhat lacking. This paper will look at the current state of BI, some of the best practices, as well as opportunities for the future.
Paper Doctorate
Bioecological Theory and the Family and Community
According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory, there are five environmental systems that an individual interacts with: 1. Microsystems – these are the institutions and groups that most directly impact the child's development and include family, school, community, and peers 2. Mesosystem - this refers to the relations between the different Microsystems, for instance the relation between th parents and the teachers/ school; or between the parents and the church, and so forth. These contexts too effect the child. 3. Exosystem - an external system of another may impact one of the ecosystems (or microsystems) of the child. For instance, the mother's work may impact the child's family life, or a teacher's challenging domestic situation may influence her teaching hence impacting child. 4. Macrosystem – this is the wider culture in which the child lives. These include developing and industrialized countries, socioeconomic status, poverty, and ethnicity . The larger cultural context shares a common identity and shapes thoughts, behavior, feelings of the child. The macrosystem also changes gradually and subtly over time due to its own often indiscernible influences. (Kail, & Cavanaugh, 2010). 5. Chronosystem: The external sociohistorical and personal events that happen to the child that impact him. For instance, divorce may negatively impact the child, particularly during the first year. As regards, sociohistorical changes, females have never had it better than now with the increase of tolerance and gender equality
Essay Doctorate
CHANGE4LIFE: Government Movement to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Change4Life, a public health program in England, effective since January of 2009 and organized by the Department of Health is the country's first national social marketing campaign to reduce obesity (NHS, 2009, pp. 13). More specifically aimed at families with children under twelve years old, the initiative seeks to reduce childhood obesity and foster healthy and happy children, who in turn grown into happy and healthy adults. In recent years, a rise in obesity numbers and a decrease in physical activity led the Change4Life campaign to challenge the behaviors of English families that lead to excess weight gain (Change4Life, 2009, pp.1). In hoping to eliminate obesity from the earliest stages of life, Change4Life works to not only adjust citizen's weight, but their overall health and well-being through education and easily-accessible information.