how are the stories, The Great Rat Hunt by Laurence Yep and Flying by Reeve Lindbergh similar and different?

Answer 1

Here are some sites that can help with the planning and writing of a comparison/contrast paper:

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/

Since I haven't read either of these stories, I can't help you with content. Be sure to completely brainstorm (in a three-column list or a Venn diagram) your ideas before you try to write anything on your topic.

Columns:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/comparecontrast.html#ccmatrix

Venn diagram:
http://www.graphic.org/venbas.html
(scroll down to see the overlapping circles)

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