Comparison/Contrast Lecture

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Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast Showing Similarities and Differences

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast THREE MAIN REASONS TO USE COMPARISON AND CONTRAST: To Explain To Inform To Persuade

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast A GOOD REASON—THE SO-WHAT TEST

Contrast : 

Contrast Hardee’s Monster Burger McDonald’s Big Mac VS.

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast What is the PURPOSE of your Comparative Analysis? Why should your audience care?

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast USING A LIST OF COMMON STANDARDS Criteria (plural noun): standards, rules, or tests on which a judgment or decision can be based.

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast CHOOSE TWO VERY SIMILAR THINGS — DISCUSS THEIR DIFFERENCES (CONTRAST) One typical strategy or "angle "a writer takes in this mode of writing is to choose two things that both already seem pretty similar. In that case, what makes sense is to stress the differences.

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast versus

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast List Criteria By Which Your Two Subjects Could be Compared/Contrasted: CONSIDER YOUR AUDIENCE Your audience determines which criteria you want to emphasize.

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast versus

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast versus

Comparison and Contrast : 

Comparison and Contrast Vs.

Comparison Contrast : 

Comparison Contrast Another approach: Analogy process of transferring information from a particular subject (the “analogue” or source) to another particular subject (the target).

Comparison/Contrast - Analogy : 

Comparison/Contrast - Analogy

Assignment : 

Assignment For Next Class Period: Read “My African Childhood” pgs. 585-590 in The Writer’s World.