...Comparing and Contrasting Sample Essay: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/grammar/writerworkshops/GFW8_WM_compare.pdf WHAT THIS HANDOUT IS ABOUT This handout will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.” INTRODUCTION In your career as a student, you’ll encounter many different kinds of writing assignments, each with its own requirements. One of the most common is the comparison/contrast essay, in which you focus on the ways in which certain things or ideas—usually two of them—are similar to (this is the comparison) and/or different from (this is the contrast) one another. By assigning such essays, your instructors are encouraging you to make connections between texts or ideas, engage in critical thinking, and go beyond mere description or summary to generate interesting analysis: when you reflect on similarities and differences, you gain a deeper understanding of the items you are comparing, their relationship to each other, and what is most important about them. RECOGNIZING COMPARISON/CONTRAST IN ASSIGNMENTS Some assignments use words—like compare, contrast, similarities, and differences—that...
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...[pic][pic] Language – Writing The purpose of a compare and contrast essay is to examine two things of interest and tell the reader about the similarities and differences between them. There are many different formats for writing a compare and contrast essay. For the purpose of this assignment, we will focus on the most common format called the Feature by Feature Format, where we compare and contrast (similarities and differences) between two subjects (i.e. Singapore versus Trinidad, etc.) on three different features about the subjects (i.e. geography, people, and food, etc.) Basic Structure: |1st Paragraph – Introduction | |General Topic Sentence(s) – catch the reader’s attention | |Brief background information about the two subjects | |THESIS STATEMENT | |Brief overview of the three features you are comparing and contrasting | |2nd Paragraph –Personality Inventory ...
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...generate your own questions for these and other types of comparison. You may want to begin by using the questions reporters traditionally ask: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? If you’re talking about objects, you might also consider general properties like size, shape, color, sound, weight, taste, texture, smell, number, duration, and location. Two historical periods or events When did they occur—do you know the date(s) and duration? What happened or changed during each? Why are they significant? What kinds of work did people do? What kinds of relationships did they have? What did they value? What kinds of governments were there? Who were important people involved? What caused events in these periods, and what consequences did they have later on? Two ideas or theories What are they about? Did they originate at some particular time? Who created them? Who uses or defends them? What is the central focus, claim, or goal of each? What conclusions do they offer? How are they applied to situations/people/things/etc.? Which seems more plausible to you, and why? How broad is their scope? What kind of evidence is usually offered for them? Two people Where are they from? How old are they? What is the gender, race, class, etc. of each? What, if anything, are they known for? Do...
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...L24: 27.1, 27.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.12 For L25: 8.1, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13 For L26: 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15 and 27.3 For L27: 8.12, 8.13, 8.15 and 27.3 For L28: 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 27.9, and 27.15 For L29: 27.7, 27.8, 27.15, 27.16 and 27.17 Exam 3 (11/9/15) Supplemental Reading: 26.4 (Hypothalamus and Pituitary glands) 27.6 (Menstrual cycle) For each question below you need to be able to write a paragraph answer that is clear, accurate and detailed and in many cases draw, label and explain an answer with detail, clarity and accuracy, or create a detailed accurate table. Have someone who will give you honest feedback read your paragraphs and listen to your explanations for clarity, especially those that you are having trouble with. Check your notes and book for accuracy, or have someone who knows confirm you are accurate. To confirm you have enough detail, make sure you use all of the terms that follow each question in your paragraph and in your drawing and explanation. If you are missing or incorrectly use one term in ten that is a grade of A-, two terms in ten is a B, three terms in ten is a C, and if you miss or incorrectly use more than four terms in ten you are headed for failing the exam and need to study more. Before the exam you need to be able to write and draw these answers from memory. What you can do on your own is what counts in the end. You must do this work in your own words without looking at your notes to get the most benefit. If you are...
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... What’s Twain’s thesis? (the main argument he is proposing) What’s Twain’s thesis? (the main argument he is proposing) 1 I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals, since it now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals. What does Twain do to establish his credibility (ETHOS APPEAL) with his reader in this paragraph? What does Twain do to establish his credibility (ETHOS APPEAL) with his reader in this paragraph? 2 In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion, I have not guessed or speculated or conjectured, but have used what is commonly called the scientific method. That is to say, I have subjected every postulate that presented itself to the crucial test of actual experiment and have adopted it or rejected it according to the result. Thus, I verified and established each step of my course in its turn before advancing to the next. These experiments were made in the London Zoological Gardens and covered many months of painstaking and fatiguing work…. 1. Take notes on the following: 2. 1) The purpose of Twain’s experiment (Not the result. What question is he asking?) ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are various methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. | |Purpose |Structure |Tips | |Rhetorical mode |Explain when or why each |Explain what organizational method works |Provide two tips for writing in | | |rhetorical mode is used. |best with each rhetorical mode. |each rhetorical mode. | |Narration | | | | | |Narration is used to tell/retell|We feel that when you are narrating a |Be sure you know whether your | | |stories, and can be used at any |story to anyone it is best to place your |narration is factual or fictional| | |time. (Between friends, |ideas in chronological order. That way | | | |colleagues, family.) |the details of the story are in place and| | | | |you are...
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...Advertisement strategies are called "commercial propaganda." denotation "Denotation" refers to the literal dictionary definition of a word. expert testimony Expert testimony is information about a particular issue, product, or idea given by people qualified to comment based on their authority on the subject statistical evidence Statistical evidence refers to statistics or numerical data that support an observation. persuasive technique Persuasive techniques refer to a variety of emotional appeals, or a sequence of logical reasoning that is used to influence an audience analogy Analogy is the relationship between certain aspects of one thing that are comparable to something else, even though there is no direct relationship between the two. emotional appeal An emotional appeal is a claim that refers to the emotional associations of a product, such as status value, popularity, or appearance, rather than its practical value repetition Repetition is a literary device that involves the repeating of words, phrases, or structures for a desired effect. I came, I saw, I conquered. appeal...
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...Compare and Contrast Paragraphs I do not think have any terms to define. I will try my best to write what rent means and the write what buy means. Although I know that everybody already knows what they mean. Rent is where you pay a certain amount of money every month for the use of the property. Buy means to acquire by payment. So when you are renting something you paying to use it, when you are buying something it is yours to keep so to speak. I do believe that those are really the only two terms that I will have to define. Yes I will be using compare and contrast paragraphs. I will be comparing the same benefits between buying a house and renting an apartment. There are not many similarities between the two. The only thing I can think that would be the same would be the fact they both supply a roof over your head. When comparing these two I will have to look for some similarities between the both. The contrasting part of the essay will not be that hard. There a lot of differences between renting and buying a home. This part will be easy to do. The hardest part will be comparing the two. I will be contrasting the difference between renting and buying a house. When you rent there are things that you can technically get by with. When you buy the more things that you have do and there are certain things that you can do. When you rent there are certain thing that you cannot do. Which when you rent there are all kinds of rules that you have follow set by your landlord. When you...
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...quotations from your classmate’s paper to explain your answers. Beginning A. Does the essay’s title make you want to read more? Yes Why or why not? Very short and making me wonder what the article is about. B. Do the first one or two sentences of the paper grab your interest? No Why or why not? Doesn’t make me wonder why or who this DC hero because to me there wasn’t enough info about him to draw any questions to make me read more. Tell how the writer could get your attention with the first sentences. Take out the word I and make it a question or more of a broad statement.Look at the essay’s introduction. Is there a thesis statement or “statement of purpose” drafted? Yes (Look for a sentence that tells the reader what to expect from this essay.) What is the statement? “There were some discrepancies between the show and the comic, some good, some bad.” C. Based on the introduction, what specific points do you think the writer will make about the essay’s subject? Pointing out the differences good and bad between the comic book and the show. D. Based on the way the main points appear in the essay’s introduction, in what order do you expect to see them in the essay? Giving back round on the comic and the goings on in the comic. And comparing it to the show now on TV. Middle A. Is the essay about the same subject that you expected after you read the introduction? Yes...
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...least two (possibly more) items. These items will differ depending on the assignment. You might be asked to compare • positions on an issue (e.g., responses to healthcare in Canada and the United States) • theories (e.g., capitalism and communism) • figures (e.g., Auto production in the United States and Britain) • texts (e.g., Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth) • events (e.g., the Great Depression and the global financial crisis of 2008–9) Although the assignment may say “compare,” the assumption is that you will consider both the similarities and differences; in other words, you will compare and contrast. Make sure you know the basis for comparison The assignment sheet may say exactly what you need to compare, or it may ask you to come up with a basis for comparison yourself. • Provided by the question: The question may ask that you consider the gradual loss of morals by major characters in Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and George Orwell’s Animal Farm. The basis for comparison will be the loss of morals by central figures in each text. • Developed by you: The question may simply ask that you compare the two novels. If so, you will need to develop a basis for comparison, that is, a theme, concern, or device common to both works from which you can draw similarities and differences. Develop a list of similarities and differences Once you know your basis for comparison, think critically about the similarities and differences between the items you are comparing, and...
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...CHAP TER Rhetorical Modes 1. NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose...
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...Your goal is to write an essay showing how two subjects are either similar or different (not both). When comparing subjects, show how they are similar. When contrasting them, show how they are different. In a comparison/contrast paper, be sure to develop a thesis that includes words that signal comparisons, such as “although,” “even though,” “in spite of,” “except for,” “not withstanding,” or “but.” Also, use appropriate transitions to signal comparisons and link paragraphs within the body of your paper, such as “on the other hand,” “in contrast,” “similarly,” “also,” “both,” “even though,” and “in the same way.” In order for two things to be worth comparing, the two things should initially appear to be different. In order for two things to be worth contrasting, the two things should initially appear to be similar. Comparing and contrasting are ways of exploring the similarities and differences between two things. 'Compare and contrast' is often used as a development strategy for essay assignments but it's a helpful strategy for any important decisions you have to make. Generally speaking, comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way. For example, you wouldn't compare/contrast reading a book to driving a car, but you would compare reading a book to reading with an e-reader. COMPARING com·pare (kəm-pâr′) v. com·pared, com·par·ing, com·pares v.tr. 1. To consider or describe as similar, equal...
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...assignment takes the form of an essay in which you will be asked to compare and contrast two subjects of your choice. You will write a 1,050- to 1,400-word final draft of a compare and contrast essay. Include the following elements in your essay: • An introduction paragraph, which includes your thesis statement • At least three body paragraphs • Appropriate transitions within and between paragraphs • A conclusion paragraph The essay must analyze at least two subjects by comparing their similarities, contrasting their differences, or doing both. A good compare and contrast essay will usually have the following characteristics: • The two subjects are related in a meaningful way and have enough in common to be compared or contrasted. • The essay should be written to help readers make a decision or understand the subjects being compared or contrasted. • The essay should make use of parallel points of comparison or contrast. • The essay’s thesis statement will identify the subjects to be compared or contrasted and what is to be learned from doing so. • The essay provides an opportunity to present material using logical organization. There are two common methods for organizing compare and contrast essays. They can be organized by the subjects themselves (first one, then the other), or they can be organized by the points in the argument (back and forth between the two). For this essay, choose one of the following topics, or another topic of your choice...
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...Second Language Learning Material Design Project a) Subject Area: English Language Arts Grade level: Third grade Title for content learning objective: Descriptive Character Analysis Title for language learning objective: Comparing and contrasting the two stories using a Venn diagram b) Content learning objective lesson plan Title: Comparing and contrasting the two stories using a Venn diagram Subject(s): Language Arts/Literature Grade level: Third grade Standard: 3.RL.9 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books form a series). Goals: Using a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two versions of a story. Objectives: The students will have prior knowledge of the story “The Three Little Pigs” and some of the students may know the sequel “The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf”. Attitude(s): The students may be curious as to what the sequel to “The Three Little...
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...Week 4 Reflection Jennifer Wood Week 4 Reflection When comparing two or more groups there are five tests that are used: Standard T-Test, Paired T-Test, One-Way ANOVA, Two-Way ANOVA, and Linear Regression. The Standard T-Test is the most basic testing when you are comparing the means of exactly two groups. A Paired T-Test is more used in a “Before vs. After” experiment, and is the most sensitive test out of all five. One-Way ANOVA test is just like the T-Test except you can use this test for comparing three or more groups. The Two-Way ANOVA test can be used when comparing three or more groups, which have two different independent variables. According to “Statistical Testing For Dummies!!!" (n.d.), “the Linear Regression test is for comparing the means of groups along a continuum of three or more treatment levels, such as a gradually increasing depth of water” (para. 16). References Statistical Testing for Dummies!!!. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cbgs.k12.va.us/cbgs-document/research/Stats%20For%20Dummies.pdf Footnotes 1[Add footnotes, if any, on their own page following references. For APA formatting requirements, it’s easy to just type your own footnote references and notes. To format a footnote reference, select the number and then, on the Home tab, in the Styles gallery, click Footnote Reference. The body of a footnote, such as this example, uses the Normal text style. (Note: If you delete this sample footnote, don’t forget to delete its in-text reference as...
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