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structure. Compare/contrast structures. Intro w/ claim Acknowledgement of differences Similarities Similarities Conclusion. Intro w/ claim Acknowledgement of Similarities Differences Differences Conclusion. Mostly alike. Mostly different. Straight Comparison structure.

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  1. structure

  2. Compare/contrast structures • Intro w/ claim • Acknowledgement of differences • Similarities • Similarities • Conclusion • Intro w/ claim • Acknowledgement of Similarities • Differences • Differences • Conclusion Mostly alike Mostly different

  3. Straight Comparison structure • Intro w/ claim • Similarity (thematic) • Similarity (thematic) • Conclusion

  4. Compare-contrast ¶ org • Work 1 and 2 do ____. Work 1 does x. Work 2 does x. transition Work 1 does y. Work 2 does y. transition Work 1 does z. Work 2 does z. • Work 1 and 2 do ____. Work 1 does x………… , y ………………………………, z. Transition Work 2 does x…… , y ………………………………, z. Point-by-point Block

  5. TASK • Look at your claim– ID your THEME STATEMENT and DEVICE(S) • Consider your STRUCTURE • How many paragraphs? • Compose TOPIC STATEMENTS for your paragraphs • Check • Does it match your claim? • Is it MORE SPECIFIC? • Do your EXAMPLES support it? • If not, FIND OTHERS!

  6. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? THEME PURPOSE: • Guides argument INCLUDES: • 2-3 thematic ideas • Complex connection (cause and effect) PURPOSE: • Guides essay INCLUDES: • Title(s) and author(s) • What (theme statement) • How (device) PURPOSE: • Guides ¶ INCLUDES: • What this ¶ Will argue • (piece of theme statement) • How (specific device exs) CLAIM TOPIC

  7. claim I: • In Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and Lucille Clifton’s poem, “Hips,” they show how people can overcome their oppression and assert their true selves through the women’s physical totems.

  8. TOPIC 1 • Topic 1: Speaker and Janie use their totems to give them freedom • Topic Sentence 1 Janie and the speaker of the poem both find themselves freed by their physical totems.

  9. TOPIC 2 • Topic 2 Speaker and Janie assert true identity because of their physical attributes • Topic Sentence 2 Once their bodies free Janie and the speaker, they use these same physical attributes to assert their true identities.

  10. TASK • Look at your claim– ID your THEME STATEMENT and DEVICE(S) • Consider your STRUCTURE • How many paragraphs? • Compose TOPIC STATEMENTS for your paragraphs • Check • Does it match your claim? • Is it MORE SPECIFIC? • Do your EXAMPLES support it? • If not, FIND OTHERS!

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