COMPARISON AND CONTRAST A comparison examines how two or more things are similar. A contrast looks at how two or more things are different. If you like Mexican food‚ you can go to either Café Mexicana or Juanita’s‚ but Juanita’s has lower prices. My cousin Bill and my brother Karram are both so stubborn that they can’t get along. HINTS FOR WRITING Limit your topic Avoid the obvious topic Make your point in the topic sentence Because he is so reliable and loyal‚ Michael is a much better
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Essay 2 Scott Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain” and Bobbie Ann Mason’s “Being Country” are two the texts to be compared. Though they share similarities‚ they too are quite different. They both share similar topics‚ in that they are two stories of cultures‚ but written from different perspectives of their cultures. Momaday is from the Kiowas tribe of the plains of Oklahoma‚ and Mason from a farm in Mayfield‚ Kentucky. Both exhibit some comparisons‚ but mostly contrasts throughout
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Massiel Rodriguez Comparison Contrast Essay Rough Draft My favorite two places to live United States and Dominican Republic are two extremely different countries. I have being living in United States since 2011 and before that I use to live in Dominican Republic‚ where I burn. United State bring the economic security that Dominican Republic maybe never will and my country give me the liberty to live a life style of go out every day without worry of tomorrow. Dominican Republic wins overwhelmingly
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Comparison and Contrast Essays A comparison and contrast essay may discuss only similarities‚ only differences‚ but more often than not‚ both comparison and contrast is used. The essay may be organised in one of two patterns. Either is acceptable‚ but mixing patterns is not. Review the two patterns below carefully‚ noting the differences in structure that each presents. ►Pattern A: The Block Method. Present all the information about A‚ and then present parallel information about B. This pattern tends
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critical role throughout a variety of stories. It not only creates suspense but surprises the reader as well. This can be shown through the three short stories entitled‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” and “The Skating Party”. It is critical that situational irony be used for effect in Shirley Jacksons’‚ “The Possibility of Evil”. The short story‚ “The Possibility of Evil” is an excellent example of situational irony. During the story‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworths’
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The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling
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Comparison and Contrast “A dream and real vacation” Siti Aisyah Othman Afiqah Izzati Abd Hamid Nursyasabila Syaza Budget Facilities Environment A real Vacation (Malaysian Island) - Affordable - Same currency - Concept of village - The equipment (rental) - Beauty of the nature - Temperature - Friendly society A dream vacation (Maldives Island) - More expensive - Different currency - Guest Villas - Beauty of the nature - The equipment ( Included in the - Temperature package) - Friendly
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Short Story Assessment Choose one activity to complete from the short stories read in class. All of these activities require that you combine information provided with creative output. Do not change the facts‚ characters‚ or themes of the stories. However‚ you may fill in blank spots with added information where necessary. You will be evaluated in the following categories: Thinking‚ Communication‚ and Application. 1. Make a mobile of five objects important in at least two short stories
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III honors 14 October 2011 The Short Stories Quiet‚ But Aggressive Approach Novels are superfluous while short stories strive for flawlessness‚ ensuring meticulously picked details and succinct plots. The short story utilizes the complex and vivid words the English language has to offer‚ painting pictures in the minds of the reader‚ while the novel overwhelms the reader with redundant and arbitrarily picked language. Steven Millhauser says that Short stories illustrate the message or meaning
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A short story is a brief work of literature‚ usually written in narrative prose.[1] Emerging from earlier oral storytelling traditions in the 17th century‚ the short story has grown to encompass a body of work so diverse as to defy easy characterization. At its most prototypical the short story features a small cast of named characters‚ and focuses on a self-contained incident with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood.[2] In so doing‚ short stories make use of plot‚ resonance‚ and other
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