Compare and contrast your independent reading selection with one or two other selections you have read in this unit. SUpport your response with at least 2 pieces of evidence from your Independant Reading selection. Be sure to give the title an author of you selection.

Question

I chose the books " Raymonds Run" and " The Story Teller" so if anyone could help me do this or even give the answer. that would be great. I struggle in l.a more than anything :(

Answer 1

There is no "answer"!! You need to write a comparison/contrast essay!

Whenever you are writing a comparison/contrast paper, you need to plan it out very carefully on paper first.

Try this:

1. Brainstorm about one of your topics on one page.
2. Brainstorm 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.