1. PEA: Point, Evidence, Analysis PEA: Point, Evidence, Analysis Your guide to sophisticated, effective post-secondary writing (Otherwise known as the “KIS” method: Keep It Simple)

2. PEA: Your New Paragraph Point: Answer the question asked in one or two sentences. Remember the reader’s needs (reader may not know question, book, article… etc.) so you need to provide context for understanding. BUT NO FLUFF. No book reports, please. No big introductions. Just answer what you were asked. Evidence : Use the texts provided to support your point, prove it true. Use at least one, textual quotation in your evidence. Again, remember that the reader may need help to understand. Provide context. Analysis: End the paragraph with analysis instead of repetition. Analysis means original thought. Do not repeat your point, do not summarize what you read. Instead, think about the subject on your own and come up with something new. Here are some phrases that can trigger analysis: If… then, Obviously, It would seem, One may assume, While this is the case here, Looking ahead, Perhaps if,

3. “P” for POINT Your “POINT” should be an argument, something that needs to be supported or illustrated with specific evidence or details. This is your Opinion on the matter

4. “E” for EVIDENCE Following your POINT, you should write some immediate evidence to illustrate or defend the POINT you just made. In this kind of paragraph, EVIDENCE is quoted material from your source (from whatever you read)

5. “A” is for ANALYSIS Big thoughts go here. DON’T ‘wimp-out’ on the paragraph by writing “In Conclusion…” DEEPER THINKING TIME! Use one of these phrases: -If… then… -Obviously… -It would seem… -One may assume… -While this may be the case here… -Perhaps if… -Looking ahead...

6. Low Level Argument—How you used to PEA Get off the Monkey Bars, you are not worthy. (Your “POINT” ) Because I say so and I’m bigger than you. If you don’t listen I will pound you into submission. (Your “EVIDENCE” if you were a bully on the Elementary playground.) You can’t Use this kind of EVIDENCE approach in the ADULT world you now live in.

7. Sample paragraph Question: How has electric engine design impacted the snowmobile industry and what are its future prospects? (Notice 2 questions being asked here) Answer: Electric engine designed snowmobiles are in their early beginnings but will eventually become a significant part of the snowmobile market in the years ahead. (Notice 2 questions being answered here)

8. In order to PEA properly, you need good support AND a quote, but first ID your Big Ideas Big Ideas in my Paragraph: Electric Snowmobiles in developmental stage now No commercial electric snowmobiles available yet Limited range for EV sleds that have been tested

9. Shop for Quotes “For years, snowmobile manufacturers—Arctic Cats, BRP, Polaris, and Yamaha—have sought out university engineering students to help them advance their products to meet or exceed the increasingly stringent EPA standards while also keeping the snowmobiles fast and fun to drive. They’ll do so again next month, when the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) holds the 12 th annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge, where teams of engineering and design students from universities around the country will show off their low-emissions and no- emissions prototypes. Here’s how the eco-smackdown may cut down future snowmobile emissions.” This is too long of a quote to use, but it can be “cut down” for use…

10. There are no EV snowmobiles available for sale yet, but that’s because it is a fairly new concept. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) holds an annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge where college students from around the country compete to “…show off their low- emissions and no-emissions prototypes” (O’Connor). The University of Madison was the winner in the zero emissions category, but it could travel only 23 total miles on a full charge. However, it might be that the EV snowmobile will follow recent automobile history and perhaps we’ll see a hybrid snowmobile first before a full-out electric model.

11. Finish with a Flurry This is the “A” Analysis part of PEA The last sentence of the paragraph Use one of the phrases from slide 5 in this sentence Remember think BIG THOUGHTS here. Go DEEPer in meaning—no summary, no “in conclusion…” in this last sentence For example: It would seem inevitable that electric snowmobiles will become an important player in the line-up.

12. Now Put It All Together…

13. Electric engine designed snowmobiles are in their early beginnings but will eventually become a significant part of the snowmobile market in the years ahead. Although there are no EV snowmobiles available for sale yet, it is because it is a fairly new concept. However, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) holds an annual Clean Snowmobile Challenge where college students from around the country compete to “…show off their low-emissions and no-emissions prototypes” (O’Connor). The University of Madison was the winner in the zero emissions category, but it could travel only 23 total miles on a full charge. It might be that the EV snowmobile will follow recent automobile history and perhaps we’ll see a hybrid snowmobile first before a full-out electric model. With more time for developing EV snowmobiles, it would seem inevitable that electric snowmobiles will become an important player in the line-up.