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Comparison Techniques
Reading Discussion
Purpose
Item selection
Items must have a common ground
Compare chicken to charcoal
Compare two cars
Appearance, gas mileage, warranty
Points of comparison
Are selective
Only comparisons made relate to purpose
Block
All points of comparison for one item and
then the other
Works best for short essays
Reader can forget details of comparison in longer
pieces
Alternating
Presents a point about an item then gives
corresponding point about the other
Emphasizes individual points of comparison
more than subject as a whole
Works in any length of essay
Appropriate order
Closely related points one after the other
(grouping of ideas)
Depends upon purpose
Similarities to differences
Differences to similarities
Least significant to most significant
Most significant to least significant
Analogy
Calls attention to one or more
similarities of items that seem to have
nothing in common
Often explains something unfamiliar
by likening it to something familiar
Earth to a window
Analogy
Readers must be well acquainted with
familiar item
Items must have significant similarities
Laser to cheese
Ethics
Eng101SS15
Reading discussion
Lees Invasion of the Body Builders
Rodriquezs Private Language, Public
Language
Jenkinss Art for the Digital Age
Freewriting
Given a topic
Write for given time
Do not stop writingif you get
stuck, pick a word and just keep
writing it until your next thought
comes through
Freewriting
Comparison Analysis
For Monday
Set timer for 5 minutes; complete
freewriting activity
Discussion board by noon Saturday
Start working on your essay!