Compare and Contrasting is important in writing because it can give the audience a lot more details to work with. The audience can decide for themselves which similarities and differences they want to compare, which can influence the way they read something. There are two ways to write an essay in a compare/contrast form. The first is Point by Point comparison, where similarities and differences are found in specific details in two arguments. The writing kind of jumps back and forth between the two stories in order to compare and contrast them.
The second way is called Subject by Subject comparison. This is where the entire argument/story is compared to the entire opposing argument/story. Personally I prefer this way because for me it's easier to look at the big picture all at once and then compare that to another full picture rather then comparing little bits.There are advantages and disadvantages to both ways of comparison though.
I really like the description of the compare and contrasting. It really goes into detail on the things that we learned in class.
ReplyDelete