A+ Guide to Compare and Contrast Essays: A+ Guides to Writing, #2
By Alison Plus
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This practical booklet can help you write a compare and contrast essay by showing you the complete process of writing this type of paper. This systematic method will start with your assignment and end with a final proofreading. In between that first and last step, this writing method relies upon templates to help you build a well-organized compare-and-contrast paper. These templates show you exactly what to include in different places within the paper. You will no longer need to guess what to write and where to write it. By using the templates, the various pieces of the paper will work together to create a coherent draft.
Follow the steps in order, from the first to the last, and do not skip any along the way. Each step builds on the previous steps. Assignment analysis turns into a table of factors, the table of factors turns into a working outline and topic sentences, and so on. By completing each step before moving on to the next, the next step will be easier. And so will the one after that.
This booklet not only helps you write a complete paper, but it shows you a method to apply in any similar paper that relies on the compare-and-contrast model. Working the steps carefully the first time will teach you the method. Then, when you must write another compare-and-contrast essay, use this booklet as a reference to refresh your memory on the steps and templates. The more you use the method, the easier it will be.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Booklet
Step One: Choose Two Topics
Step Two: The Table of Factors
Step Three: The Working Outline
- Checklist: Four Factors to Consider When Choosing an Organization Pattern
Step Four: The Thesis Statement
- Checklist: Ingredients in a Strong Comp-Con Thesis Statement
- Checklist: Eight Things That Can Change Your Grade
Step Five: The Introductory Paragraph
Step Six: Body Paragraphs
- Checklist: How to Test Paragraph Organization and Development
Step Seven: The Conclusion Paragraph
Step Eight: The Final Draft
- First Layer: Revising Out Loud
- Second Layer: Sentence Triage
- Third Layer: “Find” Searches
- Fourth Layer: The Fine Points
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A+ Guide to Compare and Contrast Essays - Alison Plus
About the A+ Method
You have purchased this booklet because you are looking for help with a writing assignment. Good news! Help is here!
The A+ Method was developed through years spent working with student writers on a variety of writing assignments. Regardless of the specific assignment type (five-paragraph essay, persuasive essay, narrative essay, literature review, etc.), it soon became clear that students shared one strong concern. They wanted to know what to put where. They had ideas about their topics, and they knew what they wanted to say, but they didn’t know how to present those ideas in an organized manner so that the paper could flow
well.
The A+ Method assists the students with overcoming that concern. Each type of assignment follows a unique writing pattern, and each A+ Method booklet presents that pattern in easy-to-follow steps. The pattern shows the writer what to put where. Along the way, each booklet also addresses other writing concerns typical to a specific assignment type. By focusing on assignment type rather than on writing essays in general, each specific booklet targets the pedagogical goals in a way that leads to a greater likelihood of student success.
Choose the booklet that corresponds to your assignment type, and then follow the steps in the booklet. Working the steps carefully the first time will not only lead to a finished paper, but to a better understanding of how to write a specific type of paper. Then, with subsequent similar assignments, use the booklet as a refresher to guarantee that you will hit the assignment targets each time.
How to Use This Booklet
Your instructor has asked you to write an essay that compares and contrasts two or more things. However, there is a problem. Even though you have assignment instructions, you are not sure where to start or how to proceed. Maybe you have never written a paper like this before and do not know what it should look like. Maybe you have written a paper like this in the past, but you were unhappy with your grade and you want to do better this time. Maybe, no matter your skills and experiences, you are just looking for extra help so that this kind of assignment will be easier to complete.
If you find it difficult to plan and draft a paper, it is probably not your fault. Writing instructors often focus on aspects of grammar and theory that students do not use when planning and drafting a paper. Although these aspects of writing are important, planning and drafting rely upon a different skill set. Therefore, you might find it difficult to draft a paper simply because the skills you have been taught, while important, are related to other aspects of the writing process.
For example, maybe your instructor spent some time explaining the differences between expository writing, persuasive writing, narrative writing, and other types of writing. This can help you understand a lot about the mood and style and goal of a type of paper. But will it tell you how to organize your ideas? No. Will it tell you what to put in each paragraph? No. For that, a different kind of instruction is needed.
This booklet can help you by showing you the complete process of writing a paper. This practical, systematic method will start with your assignment and end with a final proofreading. In between that first and last step, this writing method relies upon templates to help you build a well-organized compare-and-contrast paper. These templates show you exactly what to include in different places within the paper. You will no longer need to guess what to write and where to write it. By using the templates, the various pieces of the paper will work together to create a coherent draft.
Follow the steps in order, from the first to the last, and do not skip any along the way. Each step builds on the previous steps. Assignment analysis turns into a table of factors, the table of factors turns into a working outline and topic sentences, and so on. By completing each step before moving on to the next, the next step will be easier. And so will the one after that.
This booklet not only helps you write a complete paper, but it shows you a method to apply in any similar paper that relies on the compare-and-contrast model. Working the steps carefully the first time will teach you the method. Then, when you must write another compare-and-contrast essay, use this booklet as a reference to refresh your memory on the steps and templates. The more you use the method, the easier it will be.