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Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast. Essays. What is comparison-contrast?. Helps impose meaning on experiences that otherwise might remain fragmented and disconnected Helps us make choices. Use it to demonstrate. That one thing is better than another That things which seem different are actually alike

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Compare and Contrast

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  1. Compare and Contrast Essays

  2. What is comparison-contrast? • Helps impose meaning on experiences that otherwise might remain fragmented and disconnected • Helps us make choices

  3. Use it to demonstrate • That one thing is better than another • That things which seem different are actually alike • That things which seem alike are actually different

  4. Suggestions • Subjects must be somewhat alike • Stay focused on your purpose (is it to inform? To evaluate? To draw a conclusion or make a judgment? To persuade? To clear up misconceptions? To draw an analogy? • Formulate a strong thesis which will name the subjects being compared and/or contrasted, indicate whether the essay focuses on similarities or differences, and state the essay’s main point of comparison or contrast

  5. Suggestions • Select the points to be discussed • Organize the points to be discussed: either one side at a time or point by point. • Supply the reader with clear transitions.

  6. Miscellaneous • Try not to just point out the obvious • Think of an analogy

  7. Examples of Theses • Middle-aged parents are often in a good position to empathize with adolescent children because the emotional upheavals experiences by the two age groups are much the same.

  8. Examples of Theses • The priorities of most retired people are more conducive to health and happiness than the priorities of most young professionals.

  9. Examples of Theses • College students in their thirties and forties face many of the same pressures as younger students, but they are better equipped to withstand these pressures.

  10. Topics • Two-career family vs. one-career family • Two approaches for dealing with problems • Children’s pastimes today and yesterday • Two rooms where you spend a good deal of time • Neighborhood store vs. shopping malls • Two characters in a novel or other literary work • Living at home vs. living in an apartment or dorm • Two friends with different lifestyles

  11. Topics • Two attitudes toward money • A sports team then and now • Watching a movie on TV vs. a play • Two attitudes about a controversial subject • Two approaches to parenting • Walking or biking vs. driving a car • Marriage vs. living together • Two candidates for an office • Your attitude before and after getting to know someone

  12. Topics • The atmosphere in two classes • Two approaches to studying • The place where you live and where you would like to live • Two comedians • The coverage of an event on TV vs. the coverage in a newspaper • Significant trend vs. passing fad • Two horror or adventure movies • Typewriter vs. word processor

  13. Topics • Two cities • Two ways to heat a home • Two restaurants • Two sections of the town you live in • Two mountains • Two books by the same author • Two cars • Two teachers • Two brands of pizza

  14. Topics • Two characters • One character at the beginning and the end • Two cultures • The book and the movie • Two locations

  15. Topics • Describe the relationship between Legolas and Gimli before/after the fellowship’s time in Lothlorien. • Discuss the changes that occur in Frodo after he accepts the responsibility of destroying the ring. • Evaluate the similarities between Frodo and Gollum. • Describe how the ring affects Bilbo and Frodo or Frodo and Gollum. • Compare and contrast the wood elves with the high elves. • Discuss the redemption of Boromir citing using the action which occurs on Amon Hen as a focal point. • Compare and contrast your feelings about Boromir citing the action which occurs prior to and as a result of Amon Hen. • Evaluate two characters from the movie, one that you admire and one that you dislike.

  16. You should: • Choose at least two of these topics to research as we watch the movie. • Use a graphic organizer to keep up with information which may be helpful (a chart or a Venn diagram)

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