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Eng 101 SS15Comparison Techniques
Reading Discussion
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What are the elements of a
comparison? Purpose
Selected items
Points of comparison
Organization
Analogy
Ethics
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Purpose
Helps choose between alternatives
◦ Pizza versus hoagie
◦ Buying versus renting
◦ Mac versus PC
Acquaints us with unfamiliar things
◦ Compare rugby to football to increase
American understanding of rugby rules◦ Compare short story to movie to
explain adaptation process
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Item selection
Items must have a common ground Compare chicken to charcoal
Compare two cars
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Appearance, gas mileage, warrantyItems must have dividing and meaningful
differences that relate to purpose
Compare two workers to determine
promotion◦ Eye color, hair style, religion irrelevant
◦ Salesmanship, attendance, leadershipqualities are relevant
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Points of comparison
Well chosen points
◦ Help reader grasp meaning and purpose
◦ Are interesting and significant
Must be specific and concrete
◦ Thing versus decaying wooden stairway
Are selective
◦ Only comparisons made relate to purpose
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Organization & Arrangement
Block
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All points of comparison for one item andthen the other
◦ Works best for short essays
Reader can forget details of comparison in longerpieces
◦ Points of comparison presented in sameorder for each item
Alternating
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Presents a point about an item then givescorresponding point about the other
◦ Emphasizes individual points of comparisonmore than subject as a whole
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Works in any length of essay
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Organization & Arrangement
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
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Analogy
Calls attention to one or more
similarities of items that seem to have
nothing in common
Often explains something unfamiliarby likening it to something familiar
◦ Earth to a window
Highlights unfamiliar in order toilluminate the familiar
◦ An unfamiliar mountain guide to the
practice of teaching
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Analogy
Readers must be well acquainted with
familiar item
Items must have significant similarities
◦ Laser to cheese
Analogy cannot be overly obvious or
offer few revealing insights
◦ Battle to an argument
Lengthy analogies overwhelm readers
◦ Multiple pages comparing heart to a
pump
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Ethics
Avoid skewing any items in order toensure a particular outcome
◦ Altering findings to make one view seembetter (political ads, product advertising)
Items should be properly matched
◦ Comparing student essay to professionalessay to point out inadequacies
Analogies must be appropriate andnot extreme
◦ Comparing immigration officials to Nazistorm troopers
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Eng101SS15Reading discussion
Lee’s “Invasion of the Body Builders”
Rodriquez’s “Private Language, Public
Language”
Jenkins’s “Art for the Digital Age”
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Freewriting
Given a topic
Write for given time
Do not stop writing…if you get
stuck, pick a word and just keep
writing it until your next thought
comes through
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Freewriting Charlemagne said, “To have another language is to
possess a second soul.”
According to Mark Rippetoe, “Strong people areharder to kill than weak people and more useful ingeneral.”
“Visual arts cultivate thinking, innovation andcollaboration,” elucidates Bette Fetter.
Choose one of the quotes. Write it down.How does it line up with one of the readings? Do youagree or disagree with the quote? Why?
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Read each of the following essays:
Chris Lee’s “Invasion of the Body Builders”
Richard Rodriquez’s “Private Language, PublicLanguage”
Henry Jenkins’s “Art for the Digital Age”
In a Blackboard thread, discuss your assignedcomparative techniques for each essay.
Purpose, item selection – Anthony, Blanche, Karen,Ce-Ce
Points of comparison, organization & arrangement – Misty, Unique, Grace, Pamela
Analogy, Ethics – Ryan, Chad, Kam
You must post by Saturday at noon.
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Comparison Analysis
Choose ONE of the readings Write a 3-4 page essay discussing the
effectiveness of the author’s comparisontechniques◦ Writing process; MLA format
◦ Introduction
◦ Body paragraphs
◦ Conclusion
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Grammar & mechanics Rough draft conferences & Peer review
rough drafts – Wednesday 7/15 Final copy due – Thursday – 7/16
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For Monday
Set timer for 5 minutes; completefreewriting activity
Discussion board by noon Saturday
Start working on your essay!