A Wrinkle in Time Essay Assignment - shadowmist.org

1 watership down First Essay Assignment and Instructions on How to Write a Compare-and-Contrast Essay For your first watership down writing Assignment , you will be writing a compare-and contrast- Essay . This is somewhat different than a five-paragraph Essay . The compare-and contrast- Essay Essay does two things: 1) it compares two items, , shows/tells the ways in which they are similar, and 2) it contrasts the two items, shows/tells the ways in which they are different. It should have at least six paragraphs, but it can have as many as you like. It is not limited to six. Its middle paragraphs are built in exactly the same way as the middle paragraphs in a five-paragraph Essay : each paragraph has an argument/reason along with several pieces of evidence to support that argument/reason. The very first paragraph should briefly describe the two things that you are comparing/contrasting, briefly note the most important similarities and differences, and state whether the similarities are greater than the differences or vice versa.

2 The first group of middle paragraphs should do the comparing. You should have two or three of these paragraphs. The second group of middle paragraphs should do the contrasting. You should have two or three of these paragraphs. The concluding paragraph should again state which are strongest the similarities or differences and then mention the most important arguments that you discussed in the middle paragraphs that drew you to this conclusion. Here is an outline of a compare and contrast Essay on chocolate and vanilla ice cream. Opening paragraph: Chocolate and vanilla ice cream are two well-known desserts that are similar but not exactly the same, but the similarities outweigh the differences Comparison paragraph 1: They are both ice cream Evidence Evidence Comparison paragraph 2: They are both popular flavors Evidence Evidence 1 2 Comparison paragraph 3: They are both exotic flavors from the tropics Evidence Evidence Contrast paragraph 1: Chocolate is a much more widespread flavor in other candy as well as in ice cream Evidence Evidence Contrast paragraph 2: People think of vanilla as plain, unlike chocolate Evidence Evidence Ending paragraph: On the whole, though, these differences do not change the fact that chocolate and vanilla ice cream are extremely similar: both are sweet, popular, frozen desserts that happen to be two different flavors.

3 V Once you understand this format, write a compare-and-contrast Essay on the following subject. In Chapter 6 of watership down , Dandelion tells the story of the blessing of El-ahrairah. Compare and contrast this story to the story of the Creation and Fall in the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis.