Read and respond to comparison/contrast writings:
An excerpt from a Corby Kummer essay (first published in the April 1996 issue of the Atlantic Monthly)
About Hazelnuts: http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
After responding to the Hazelnut writing, Scroll down and study the comparison/contrast chart that was created for the essay that follows: Shopping in America
Before reading, define the following words. If you know the definitions, explain the meaning in your own words.
- tozzetti
- hazelnut
- gilding
- Piedmont
- Viterbese
- pungent
- rancidity & rancid
- oxidize
- macadamias
- botanist
- succumb
- Fertile Crescent
Hazelnuts seem to be all the rage right now. Halloween candy includes a variety of hazelnut options.
After reading the exerpt, does the writer prefer one variety of hazelnut over another? List lines and/or words that helped you decided.
Read "Shopping in America" and answer the bulleted questions that follow the writing under Points to Ponder.
Just in case, here they are. I changed the bullets to numbers for ease of answering.
- Can you find the thesis statement for this essay?
- What, if anything, holds the paragraphs together? Try printing out the essay and drawing interconnected circles between the structural elements that connect ideas. Would you have broken the paragraphs differently?
- Did the contrast go back and forth between mall and Downtown or did it develop one before it went on to the other? Is that an effective strategy for this essay?
- Does the conclusion grow out of the body of the essay, or does it feel sort of "tacked on"? Where, exactly, does the conclusion call for a response that the essay hasn't earned?
- Is the contrast between the mall and the Downtown adequate? overdone? fair?
- Is it clear where the writer's preferences lie? Are his preferences too obvious and is he fair to the "other side"? Does the author actually state a preference or are you allowed to infer it from the language? What does the essay say, exactly, that allows for this inference
Week #10 Assignment #2 - Organization for Comparison/Contrast Essays (30 points)
Read the information at the first link. It clearly explains the organtional options for a comparison/contrast essay.
In addition, watch the two YouTube clips that explain the same. By the time your read and watch all three, you will be ready to tell me, in your own words, how to organize the Point by Point or the Block (Topic vs. Topic) essay.
Also, explain which you think you will like and why that is your choice. (There is no wrong answer. I want you to explain your choice.)
In addition, watch the two YouTube clips that explain the same. By the time your read and watch all three, you will be ready to tell me, in your own words, how to organize the Point by Point or the Block (Topic vs. Topic) essay.
Also, explain which you think you will like and why that is your choice. (There is no wrong answer. I want you to explain your choice.)
https://www.thoughtco.com/beef-up-critical-thinking-writing-skills-7826
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jJJl4xcY44 (4 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyS3bTjiqDc Scroll through to the chartsl
Week #10 Assignment #3
Searching for Topics and Information
Searching for Topics and Information
The subjects you choose for your research and writing, need to be meaningful to you. It is easy to pick cats vs. dogs for your topic. Unless you have been the owner of both, you do not have the authority to use this topic. Besides that, it is overused!
Instead, think of something that you like or dislike. The best writing happens when you actually care about your topic!
For example, maybe you like to eat out. If you are into fast food due to time and money, you might compare two fast food options. To branch off from that, you might consider comparing eating out to dining at home. The options for topics are almost endless. Another possibility from this would be to compare buying coffee at one of the ever popular local coffee options to prreparing coffee at home.
For any of the food related topics, you would probably consider cost, taste, and perhaps time or ease. Health benefits could also be considered with anything related to food.
Maybe you are into sports. If it is watching or playing, the comparisons and contrasts could be powerful. Ask yourself questions. Is it more fun to go to a sporting event such as baseball at Chase Field, or is it better to watch baseball from home? For a topic similar to this, you might consider cost, time, and surroundings or options during the game. (You do NOT need to select baseball. This idea works with all sports.)
The topic choice is yours. FOLLOW THESE STEPS and show your work.
1. Pick two activities, events, or items to compare. Here is a link to possible topics: https://www.thoughtco.com/compare-and-contrast-essay-topics-7822
2. Decide if you will use Point by Point or Item vs. Item organizational pattern. See Assignment #2 formore information about the organizational patterns.
3. Begin your research. For each item in the essay you need to consult at least two reliable sources.
Take notes.Show your work and identify your sources. Keep in mind that research notes may come from interviews, personal experiences, brochures, magazines, reliable Internet sources, books, etc. If you look on EasyBib, they offer 51 type of entries. Do NOT limit yourself to the Internet alone. It will probably be your main source, but it should not be your only type of source.
Use one of the organizational patterns to organize your notes.
Instead, think of something that you like or dislike. The best writing happens when you actually care about your topic!
For example, maybe you like to eat out. If you are into fast food due to time and money, you might compare two fast food options. To branch off from that, you might consider comparing eating out to dining at home. The options for topics are almost endless. Another possibility from this would be to compare buying coffee at one of the ever popular local coffee options to prreparing coffee at home.
For any of the food related topics, you would probably consider cost, taste, and perhaps time or ease. Health benefits could also be considered with anything related to food.
Maybe you are into sports. If it is watching or playing, the comparisons and contrasts could be powerful. Ask yourself questions. Is it more fun to go to a sporting event such as baseball at Chase Field, or is it better to watch baseball from home? For a topic similar to this, you might consider cost, time, and surroundings or options during the game. (You do NOT need to select baseball. This idea works with all sports.)
The topic choice is yours. FOLLOW THESE STEPS and show your work.
1. Pick two activities, events, or items to compare. Here is a link to possible topics: https://www.thoughtco.com/compare-and-contrast-essay-topics-7822
2. Decide if you will use Point by Point or Item vs. Item organizational pattern. See Assignment #2 formore information about the organizational patterns.
3. Begin your research. For each item in the essay you need to consult at least two reliable sources.
Take notes.Show your work and identify your sources. Keep in mind that research notes may come from interviews, personal experiences, brochures, magazines, reliable Internet sources, books, etc. If you look on EasyBib, they offer 51 type of entries. Do NOT limit yourself to the Internet alone. It will probably be your main source, but it should not be your only type of source.
Use one of the organizational patterns to organize your notes.
Name: __________________________ Comparison/Contrast
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Block format or Topic vs. Topic
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Point #1
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Point #3
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Point #3
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Point by Point Format
Point #1
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Topic A
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Topic B
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Topic B
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Point #2
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Point #2
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Topic A
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Topic A
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Topic B
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Topic B
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Point #3
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Topic A
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Topic B
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https://www.thoughtco.com/compare-and-contrast-essay-topics-7822 (Possible topics)
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