Essay...What comparisons (similarities) are there between The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant and The Brother Grimm's verison of Cinderella?
http://www.bartleby.com/195/20.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html
They are both above, good short reads. I will be happy to critique your thinking. Look for situations, and endings.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/tchart/
Scroll down until you see the drawing of this type of graphic organizer.
Then use the columns to list the details and elements of each story, "The Necklace" in one column, "Cinderella" in the other.
Once you see the elements listed side-by-side, you should be able to see the similarities. Highlight those similarities and disregard the non-similar elements and details.
Here's more information on writing comparison and/or contrast papers:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html
Click on #4.
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