Raising Literati: Compare and Contrast Essay

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Compare and Contrast Essay

After finishing the novel, we watched "The Hunger Games" movie in class, and then the students were assigned a 5-paragraph point-by-point compare/contrast essay showing 3 differences between the movie and book, giving their opinion about why they thought those 3 things were changed.

A comparison essay gives similarities between two things, or similarities and differences.
A contrast essay gives only differences.

A Venn diagram is the traditional starting point for comparing and contrasting two things.

There are two ways to approach a compare or contrast essay. A point-by-point essay takes one point at a time, addressing it from both sides, before going to the next point. The subject-by-subject method discusses all the points of one side (book) in one paragraph, and then all the points of the other side (movie) in the next paragraph. If writing a compare AND contrast essay, all the comparisons (similarities) could be made first, followed by all the contrasts (differences).
This pdf document gives a simple template for both a point-by-point compare/ contrast essay and a subject-by-subject (or block method) essay.
https://www.sbcc.edu/clrc/files/wl/downloads/WritingaCompareContrastEssay.pdf

Some words to use in a compare/contrast essay:

similarly
likewise
in addition to
just as
however
in contrast to
on the other hand
unlike

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Literature Class Roles

1. Questioner
The Questioner's job is to come up with 5 discussion questions that explore important ideas from the assigned reading , and to the lead the next class discussion.

2. Diction Detective
The Diction Detective studies the word choice (diction) of the assigned reading and chooses 3 passages or phrases that are especially descriptive, powerful, thought-provoking, funny, or even confusing. He must share why he chose them, why he thinks the author selected them, how they help the author achieve his or her purpose.

3. Illustrator
The Illustrator finds or creates an illustration related to the assigned reading. It can be a drawing, graphic, chart, or map. You can choose to illustrate a scene, character, idea. or symbol.

4. Storyteller
The job of the Storyteller is to choose an interesting or powerful passage from the assigned reading to recite in class.

5. Bridge Builder
The Bridge Builder looks for connections between events in the text and events in history, other literature, or current events.

6. Scripture Spotlight
Scripture Spotlight looks for connections between the text and a Bible story, passage or verse.

7. Summarizer
It is the Summarizer's job to write a summary paragraph for each chapter of the assigned reading, chronologically highlighting major events and ideas.

8. Vocabulary Sleuth
In the assigned reading, find 10 words or phrases that are unfamiliar to you and look up the definitions.

9. Reporter
Report on developments in the plot, any new characters or changes in the characters, and the current setting(s) and effect it has on the story.

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Compare and Contrast Essay

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