Process Analysis Report
The Process Analysis Essay will further develop your descriptive and narrative abilities by specifically asking you to break down a complex process into its component parts.
A process is a sequence of actions or changes leading to a product or to a result. A process analysis explains these various steps and stages in order to instruct or inform readers.
Adkins, Kaye and William S. Pfeiffer. Technical Communication Fundamentals
http://www.butte.edu/departments/cas/tipsheets/style_purpose_strategy/procress_paper.html : Helpful tips on developing and writing a process essay.
http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/handouts/writing/process.htm : Information on how to get started
http://jhuniverse.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0298web/baby.html : This is a great example of a published process essay on the acquisition of language from infancy.