Compare and Contrast Essay
For:
To Kill A Mockingbird
Book vs. Movie
Why
• Compare and contrast essays will be a
critical tool that you will use throughout
your educational career:
– History
– Science
– Religion
– English
– Reading
The book vs. the movie
To Kill A Mockingbird
Why?????
….to discover if the movie
developed our protagonist as it
should have.
There are two ways to accomplish
this:
• 1. The Block Format
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a. all the book
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b. all the movie
• 2. Separating similarities and
differences format. (Point by Point)
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a. Scout (book/movie)
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b. major events (book/movie)
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c. character relationships (book/movie)
1. Block Format
• Topic 1: The book
• a. Scout
• b. Events
• c. Character Relationships
• Topic 2: The Movie
• a. Scout
• b. Events
• c. Character Relationships
• ….Use compare and contrast cue words….
2. Separating Similarities and
Differences (Point by Point)
• Names the two subjects and states that
they have many similarities and
differences.
• Describes the features of the first subject
without referring to the second subject.
Similarities/Differences
Point by Point
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1. Scout’s Personality
a. book
b. movie
2. Main events that shape who Scout is
a. book
c. movie
3. Conflicts
a. book
b. movie
4. Character Relationships
a. book
b. movie
I. Introduction: Thesis Statement
II. Body:
1. Scout’s Personality
a. book
b. movie
Transition Sentence
2. Main events that shape who Scout is
a. book
c. movie
Transition Sentence
3. Conflicts
a. book
b. movie
Transition Sentence
4. Character Relationships
a. book
b. movie
Transition Sentence
III. Conclusion
Evaluation of main points
Significance of topic to the author.
Cue words are critical in Compare
and Contrast Essays
Comparison
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In the same way
By the same token
Similarly
In like manner
Likewise
In similar fashion
Contrast
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Otherwise
On the contrary
In contrast
Notwithstanding
On the other hand
At the same time
Yet otherwise
Similarities….cue words
• In both the book and the movie the beginning
starts with the introduction of an important
character in Scout’s lift, Dill.
• Similarly another character, Walter Cunningham
becomes an important person for Scout later on
in the story.
• By the same token, finding presents in the tree
and Nathan Radley’s shot gun are significant in
both the movie and the novel.
Differences….cue words
• Miss Caroline plays a major role on Scout’s aversion
to school contrary to the movie where we only see
the results of Miss Caroline’s impact.
• At the same time the events of snow and Miss
Maudie’s house fire are also absent from the movie.
Ben Franklin
Decision T.
Subject 1
TKAM Book
Differences
Subject 2
TKAM Movie
Ben Franklin
Decision T.
Subject 1
TKAM Book
Similarities
Subject 2
TKAM Movie
• Now we begin……
• We choose the most important
similarities…..
• We choose the most important
differences….
Formal Outline
(our map for where we are going)
• I. Introduction
• II. Body
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a. Similarities
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b. Differences
• III. Conclusion
• I. Introduction:
• Thesis Statement
• “Catch their attention…….”
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What is the purpose of your essay?
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Why are the differences so important?
• II. Body
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What are the similarities of the book vs.
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the movie?
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Use them in chronological order!
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Choose the ones that impact your
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protagonist….Scout
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Use your cue words
• III. Paragraph 3
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What are the differences?
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Only choose the most important ones
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Establish why each one is a loss for
the development of Scout!!!!
• IV. Conclusion:
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What were the greatest similarities that affected
Scout.
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What were the greatest differences that hindered the
development of Scout?
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Would Scout remain the same person that she
was in the book without those differences???????