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Compare and Contrast writing
This document discusses comparison and contrast writing. It explains that comparison shows similarities between things while contrast shows differences. When writing a comparison and contrast essay, it is important to establish a basis for comparison by choosing things that have enough in common to justify comparing. The thesis statement should identify the subjects being compared or contrasted and the point being made about them. There are two main methods for structuring a comparison and contrast essay - the block method which discusses each subject separately paragraph by paragraph, or the point-by-point method which alternates between subjects for each point being made.
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Discusses establishing a basis for comparison and formulating a thesis statement to guide the essay.
Explains two methods: Block method for simple essays and Point by point method for complex essays.
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Compare and Contrast writing
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- 2. What is comparisonand contrast? • Comparison shows how two or more things are similar • Contrast shows how two or more things are different • In most writing situations, the two related processes are used together
- 3. Establishing a basisfor comparison • When two things are very similar, it is the contrasts that may be worth writing about • The two things to be compared must have enough in common to justify the comparison. • In making comparisons, you should move beyond the obvious
- 4. Formulating aThesis Statement •Identify not only the subjects to be compared and contrasted in your essay, but the point you will make about them. • Also indicate whether you will focus on similarities or differences, or balance the two. • For example: • “Although Melville’s Moby-Dick and London’sThe SeaWolf are both about the sea, the minor characters, major characters, and themes of Moby-Dick establish its greater complexity.”
- 5. Structuring a Comparisonand Contrast Essay Block method (subject by subject) - Write a separate paragraphs about each subject, but you discuss the same points for both subjects. - - Good for short, uncomplicated papers. • Point by point method • - Good for longer, more complex papers • - Make a point about one subject, and then follow it with a comparable point about the other subject. • - Alternating pattern