Warm-Up
Look at the images projected on the white
board.
 Select two images
 On a sheet of paper, draw a T-Chart or
Venn diagram, and list the similarities and
differences of the two images you
selected.
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Compare-Contrast
Assignment
Purpose:
As you generate points of comparison:
◦ 1. Consider the purpose and content of the
assignment and the focus of the class.
Purpose of Assignment: To Compare &
Contrast
 Content of Assignment: The concepts of
“Witch-Hunts”, “Mob-Mentality”, and/or
Public Humiliation as a form of
punishment, in relation to analyses of The
Scarlet Letter and “The Crucible”
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Purpose:
◦ 2. What do you think the professor wants
you to learn by doing this
comparison/contrast?
That the concepts that were relevant to
Hawthorne and Miller, are still relevant
today.
 It is YOUR job to prove how they are still
relevant by showing textual evidence and
by introducing current and applicable
researched information that supports your
comparison.
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Strategies:
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1. Be sure your subjects are at least
somewhat alike.
2. Stay FOCUSED on your purpose
throughout your essay.
3. Formulate a STRONG thesis
STATEMENT…
◦ Name the subjects being compared &
contrasted
◦ Indicate whether the essay focuses on the
subjects’ similarities, differences or both
◦ State the essay’s main point(s) of comparison
Strategies:
4. Select the main points to be discussed
and
 5. organize them in a graphic organizer or
outline.
 6. Supply the reader with clear
TRANSITIONS.
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Transitions
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Whichever organization pattern you
choose, make sure you use clear “signal”
devices that help your reader TRANSITION
between topics.
To Compare
To Contrast
Also
Although
As well as
However
Both
Even though
In the same manner
In contrast
In the same way
Nevertheless
Likewise
Contrary
Similarly
On the other hand
Your Assignment
Write a 2-3 page essay
 MLA formatted
 that compares and/or contrasts and
that includes cited information from
one or more of the texts we have covered
in class, as well as cited information
from a current/modern source.
 and that is written as an academic
essay.
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Students must accurately use at least FIVE (5) of their Real
World vocabulary words in the essay. Students will be
randomly assigned a peer evaluation partner. The two students in
each partner group will be responsible for the editing of their
peer's paper in a prompt and thorough manner.
1.
Students will supply a TYPED rough draft of their
compare-contrast paper by October 29th, at the beginning of
class. Papers not turned in by this date will warrant a zero for this
grade, even if the student is absent! If you are absent – email
your essay to me by the time your class period begins so that I
can have it edited for you in your absence.
2.
Peer evaluators will complete their evaluation/revision
comments on/to their partner's rough draft during the class period
that the rough draft is due (Oct 29th).
3.
Students will submit a SECOND draft of their paper
via Turnitin.com by Oct 31st, AND a hard copy FINAL draft
by the beginning of the class period on November 2nd.
NO FINAL DRAFT PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED LATER THAN THE
POSTED CUT-OFF TIME!
Step 1:
Prewrite: In your journal/on your
paper brainstorm similarities and
differences of the two literature
selections (that you know so far). Once
you have brainstormed your ideas…
Determine your purpose…
- Is one thing better than another?
- Are things that seem different actually
alike?
- Are things that seem alike actually
different?
…& then write it down.
I am comparing “The Crucible” to The Scarlet Letter to
show how mob-mentality can cause more damage
to society than the “evils” it was initially trying to
eradicate.
You have identified your thesis!
(even though it is a PRELIMINARY idea
that will be changed to THIRD person!)
Now Find Evidence
To make an
“example” of sinners
To control a
fledgling society
To answer
“unanswerable”
questions
To gain “wants”
Good man dies
Relationships are
broken
MANY people
killed
Relationships are
broken
Now Organize the Evidence
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Options:
◦ Whole-to-Whole, or “One-Sideat-a-Time”
Discuss every point for topic A
Discuss every point for topic B
◦ Point-by-Point
Discuss point 1 for both subjects
Discuss point 2 for both subjects
Example:
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Start with your thesis: “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller,
and The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, show how mobmentality can cause more damage to society than the “evils” it was
initially trying to eradicate.
And build the body of the paper from there.
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