First read several of these sites.
Take notes. You might use two columns or pages for your notes. One could be for the similarities and the other for the differences.
https://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1510004850
can anyone help me compare and contrast the lives of spartan women and girls to the lives of Athenian women and girls
2 answers
Read lots and take very good notes, including where you get information from (MLA guidelines, most likely):
https://www.google.com/search?q=everyday+lives+ancient+spartan+girls+women&oq=everyday+lives+ancient+spartan+girls+women&aqs=chrome..69i57.15891j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
and
https://www.google.com/search?ei=kggCWojbGeXg0gK2k7yoDQ&q=everyday+lives+ancient+athenian+girls+women&oq=everyday+lives+ancient+athenian+girls+women&gs_l=psy-ab.3...49043.50384.0.61887.8.8.0.0.0.0.137.777.2j5.7.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.aJMO4S_RbZ8
Then ...
1. Brainstorm information about one of your topics on one page.
2. Brainstorm information about the other topic on a separate page.
3. Then read over your brainstorming. Indicate all things that are similar with one symbol (maybe stars), and indicate all things that are differences (or maybe opposites) with a different symbol.
4. Then put them together in this order:
1. Intro
2. All about topic A
~~~2A. detail 1
~~~2B. detail 2
~~~2C. detail 3
~~~2D. detail 4
~~~2E. detail 5
3. All about topic B
~~~3A. detail 1
~~~3B. detail 2
~~~3C. detail 3
~~~3D. detail 4
~~~3E. detail 5
4. Concl.
The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different.
There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag,” but can be very confusing for the reader if you don’t use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow.
See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing.
Once you have organized your information, please re-post if you’d like feedback from someone here.
https://www.google.com/search?q=everyday+lives+ancient+spartan+girls+women&oq=everyday+lives+ancient+spartan+girls+women&aqs=chrome..69i57.15891j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
and
https://www.google.com/search?ei=kggCWojbGeXg0gK2k7yoDQ&q=everyday+lives+ancient+athenian+girls+women&oq=everyday+lives+ancient+athenian+girls+women&gs_l=psy-ab.3...49043.50384.0.61887.8.8.0.0.0.0.137.777.2j5.7.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.aJMO4S_RbZ8
Then ...
1. Brainstorm information about one of your topics on one page.
2. Brainstorm information about the other topic on a separate page.
3. Then read over your brainstorming. Indicate all things that are similar with one symbol (maybe stars), and indicate all things that are differences (or maybe opposites) with a different symbol.
4. Then put them together in this order:
1. Intro
2. All about topic A
~~~2A. detail 1
~~~2B. detail 2
~~~2C. detail 3
~~~2D. detail 4
~~~2E. detail 5
3. All about topic B
~~~3A. detail 1
~~~3B. detail 2
~~~3C. detail 3
~~~3D. detail 4
~~~3E. detail 5
4. Concl.
The number of details for each topic will vary depending on your main points. I would include comparisons (how they are similar) in the introduction and conclusion, but sections 2 and 3 and all those details will be stating and explaining how they are different.
There are two recognized patterns for writing comparison/contrast papers. One is casually referred to as "zig-zag,” but can be very confusing for the reader if you don’t use transitions effectively. The other is topic-by-topic (which is what I've outlined above) and is much easier for the reader to follow.
See http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html for further help with comparison/contrast writing.
Once you have organized your information, please re-post if you’d like feedback from someone here.