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Comparative Essays

Comparative Essays. Bell Work . Do you have experience writing comparative essays? If so, what have you found to be the most challenging? Confusing? What process (steps) did you follow when writing a comparative essay? H ow do you feel about writing essays?. Comparative Analysis.

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Comparative Essays

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  1. Comparative Essays

  2. Bell Work Do you have experience writing comparative essays? If so, what have you found to be the most challenging? Confusing? What process (steps) did you follow when writing a comparative essay? How do you feel about writing essays?

  3. Comparative Analysis • Throughout your academic career, you'll be asked to write papers in which you compare and contrast two things: two texts, two theories, two historical figures, two scientific processes, and so on

  4. Topics • 1. Examine how man’s sinful nature is depicted in both texts. • 2. Examine Shakespeare and Golding’s use of light and dark imagery. • 3. Examine the use of Biblical allusions and imagery. • 4. Examine how the corrupting power of ambition affects characters.

  5. Where do you Start? • Faced with a daunting list of seemingly unrelated similarities and differences, you may feel confused about how to construct a paper • The thesis of such a paper is usually an assertion that A and B are very similar yet not so similar after all. • To write a good compare-and-contrast paper, you must take the similarities and differences you've observed and make them cohere into a meaningful argument

  6. Brainstorming • Do not beginwritinguntilyouhavecompletedthis step! • The more effortyouputinto brainstorming, theeasieritis to writeyouressay! • Venn Diagram, ConceptMap/Web, List, etc.

  7. Brainstorming

  8. Writing a Thesis Statement • The thesis statement in an essay of literary analysis functions as follows: • It narrows your topic to a central idea—all topic sentences and body paragraphs will develop and support this idea • It asserts something specific and significant about the topic, conveying your expert opinion • It may preview how your ideas will be arranged within your essay • It is logical, precise, and reasonable

  9. Writing a Thesis Statement • The thesis statement is located at the end of the introductory paragraph in a typical literary analysis essay • The thesis is a “roadmap” for the ideas presented in the essay; it informs the reader what will be analyzed in the essay and in what order • The thesis statement presents ideas in logical, clear, and specific language; it avoids vague or abstract language, poor diction, and slang.

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