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Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Comparison-Contrast Essay

Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Comparison-Contrast Essay. When you compare and contrast two or more things, you look for similarities and differences. Comparison-and-contrast writing helps you understand and analyze elements in a story, poem, play, or novel.

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Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Comparison-Contrast Essay

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  1. Writing WorkshopExpository Writing: Comparison-Contrast Essay

  2. When you compare and contrast two or more things, you look for similarities and differences. Comparison-and-contrast writing helps you understand and analyze elements in a story, poem, play, or novel. Comparison-Contrast Essay: Assignment Assignment: Write an essay comparing and contrasting two literary elements, subjects, or works. (The audience is your teacher and classmates.)

  3. Comparison-Contrast Essay: Prewriting Feature Menu Choosing a Topic Finding Similarities and Differences Organize Your Information Getting Started Assignment

  4. “Aschenputtel” “Yeh-Shen” Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Choosing a Topic Look through your textbook for selections that have something in common. Ask yourself these questions to get started. Are there two folk tales or myths with similar elements? a Cinderella figure magical animals

  5. Laurie in “Charles” Roger Clark in “Miss Awful” Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Choosing a Topic Look through the collections in this book for selections that have something in common. Ask yourself these questions to get started. What about characters who have similar problems? adjusting to school rules and expectations

  6. “Abuelito Who” “Ode to Family Photographs” Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Choosing a Topic Look through the collections in this book for selections that have something in common. Ask yourself these questions to get started. Do two poems have a common theme or subject? connection to family the power of memory

  7. Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Choosing a Topic When you have identified two selections for your essay, jot down similarities and differences in two columns. Similarities Differences Both “Aschenputtel” and “Yeh-Shen” are folk tales and Cinderella stories. Both involve wicked stepmothers and handsome monarchs. In both, magical animals help the heroine get to a party. In both, the shoe fits. They all live happily ever after! The handsome monarch is a king in one story—a prince in the other. A magical fish helps one heroine go to the spring festival; magical birds help the other heroine go to a ball.

  8. Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Finding Similarities and Differences Now decide which features to compare and contrast. Focus on the same elements in both works. Which elements might be similar in two poems? rhythm imagery theme form How might two characters be alike? actions appearance thoughts feelings

  9. Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Finding Similarities and Differences Creating a Venn Diagramcan help you see how your subjects are alike and different. List one character’s traits on the left. List the other character’s traits on the right. Similarities should appear where the circles overlap.

  10. Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Finding Similarities and Differences SIMILARITIES Antonio Felix ▪ “dark, short, and husky” ▪ better slugger ▪ before fight watches boxing movie ▪ “fair, lean, and lanky” ▪ better boxer ▪ before fight passes time on rooftop ▪ 17 yrs old ▪ keep scrapbooks ▪ jog and work out daily Here is a Venn Diagram for the Student Model.

  11. Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Organize Your Information Arrange your details using one of these patterns. 1. The block method focuses on all points of comparison for one subject at a time. • Subject 1: Antonio • Feature 1: behavior • Feature 2: characteristics • Feature 3: feelings • Subject 2: Felix • Feature 1: behavior • Feature 2: characteristics • Feature 3: feelings

  12. Feature 1: behavior • Subject 1: Antonio • Subject 2: Felix • Feature 2: characteristics • Subject 1: Antonio • Subject 2: Felix • Feature 3: feelings • Subject 1: Antonio • Subject 2: Felix Comparison-Contrast EssayPrewriting: Organize Your Information 2. The point-by-point method alternates between subjects, explaining each point of comparison for both subjects.

  13. Comparison-Contrast EssayGetting Started Once you have chosen two elements or selections to compare and contrast, you are ready to help your readers get a clearer view of both subjects. Remember to use specific examples to support your claims about similarities and differences.

  14. Writing WorkshopExpository Writing: Comparison-Contrast Essay The End

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