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Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences
Chapter 23
Comparison and Contrast
Showing Similarities and Differences
Writing Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Finding Patterns in Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast . . . 445 Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Writer’s Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Integrated Readings “Evaluating the Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related paragraph) . . . . . “The Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related essay) . . . . . . . . . . . “The Temple and the Cathedral” . . . . . . . . . . . . . “From B’wood to the ’Hood” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “A Mixed Tex-Cal Marriage” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Chinese Parents and American Parents” [with stages] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading-Based Writing: “The Orderly, the Disorderly, and the Illogical” . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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WHE N TO USE COMPARISON AND CONTR AST
F O R C OL L E G E W R I T I N G A S S I G N M ENTS I N CA REERS A ND AT THE WORK P LA CE
• For good reasons, comparison-and-contrast topics for tests and special assignments are commonplace across the curriculum. They require the student to acquire, organize, and evaluate ideas. The sources on either side of a comparison and contrast may be abundant in the library and especially on the Internet, but usually the precise relationship of ideas must be established by the student writer. • A comparison-and-contrast statement for a test or special assignment can be a paragraph or an essay.
• At the workplace, employees prepare comparisonand-contrast studies in anticipation of modifying,
Chapter 23 Comparison and Contrast: Showing Similarities and Differences
Chapter 23
Comparison and Contrast
Showing Similarities and Differences
Writing Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Finding Patterns in Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Practicing Patterns of Comparison and Contrast . . . 445 Readings for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Suggested Topics and Prompts for Writing Comparison and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Writer’s Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Integrated Readings “Evaluating the Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related paragraph) . . . . . “The Piper Cherokee and the Cessna 172” (career-related essay) . . . . . . . . . . . “The Temple and the Cathedral” . . . . . . . . . . . . . “From B’wood to the ’Hood” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “A Mixed Tex-Cal Marriage” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Chinese Parents and American Parents” [with stages] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reading-Based Writing: “The Orderly, the Disorderly, and the Illogical” . . . . . . . . . . . . .
442 442 447 448 450 453 454
WHE N TO USE COMPARISON AND CONTR AST
F O R C OL L E G E W R I T I N G A S S I G N M ENTS I N CA REERS A ND AT THE WORK P LA CE
• For good reasons, comparison-and-contrast topics for tests and special assignments are commonplace across the curriculum. They require the student to acquire, organize, and evaluate ideas. The sources on either side of a comparison and contrast may be abundant in the library and especially on the Internet, but usually the precise relationship of ideas must be established by the student writer. • A comparison-and-contrast statement for a test or special assignment can be a paragraph or an essay.
• At the workplace, employees prepare comparisonand-contrast studies in anticipation of modifying,
Cited: Gallagher, Joyce. “The Messy Are in Denial.” Paragraphs and Essays: A Worktext with Readings. Ed. Lee Brandon. 9th ed. Boston: Houghton, 2005. 284–86. Print.