THURSDAY
Comparison and contrast are used in your writing to organize an individual paragraph as well as to organize entire papers.
For instance, you might write a paper that compares a movie and a book about the same topic. In your paper you can compare and contrast the movie version with the book version.
As you begin to organize your writing, it's important to make sure that you balance the information about the items that you're comparing and contrasting. You need to be sure that you give them equal time in what you write.
If you cover character, setting, and historical accuracy for the book, for instance, you need to be sure that you cover the same elements for the movie
There are three strategies to organize comparison and contrast papers:
i. Whole-to-Whole, or Block
ii. Similarities-to-Differences
iii. Point-by-Point
Whole-to-Whole or Block Strategy - In this structure, you say everything about one item then everything about the other.
For instance, say everything about the characters, setting, and plot for the book then everything about the characters, setting, and plot for the movie.
Similarities-to-Differences Strategy - In this structure, you explain all the similarities about the items being compared and then you explain all the differences.
For instance, you might explain that the characters and plot were similar in both the book and movie in the one section. In the next section, you could explain that the settings were different. The book took place during the summer while the movie took place during the winter.
Point-by-Point Strategy - In this structure, you explain one point of comparison before moving to the next point.
For instance, you would write about the characters in the book and movie in one section; then you would write about the setting in the book and movie in the next section.
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