Comparison

T oday we are going to begin comparison/contrast essays.

These are due on Friday. 

1st - make sure you have a complete list of descriptions for Pa Sexton and Granddaddy Cain.

Then fill out the outline I have given you.

These essays should be about a page long. You will need specific details from the text, so if you didn't take notes on the stories, and most of you didn't, you will need to find your stories and go back through them.

For the comparison think about the following - the characters can be compared by - how they are described, how the handle problems, where they live, and anything else you can think of. Please don't say one is white and the other is black. 

“The Split-Cherry Tree” and “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird” Comparison Essay

 

I.               Opening Paragraph (Hook, Thesis, Order of Development)

 

A.    THESIS (Write your thesis here):

Pa Sexton from “The Split Cherry Tree” and Granddaddy Cain from “Blues Ain’t No Mockin’ Bird” can be (compared or contrasted) by __________.

 

B.    Order of Development (the two or three points)

 

II.             Body Paragraphs

 

A.    Comparison #1

 

 

 

1.     Evidence from text to back up Comparison:

 

a.     Explanation of evidence

 

 

2.     Evidence #2

 

 

a.     Explanation of evidence

 

 

 

 

B.    Comparison #2

 

 

 

1.     Evidence #1

 

 

a.     Explanation

 

 

 

2.     Evidence #2

III.           Conclusion

 

Reword thesis, return to hook, end with something further for the reader to consider.