...Center Writing a Compare/Contrast Essay As always, the instructor and the assignment sheet provide the definitive expectations and requirements for any essay. Here is some general information about the organization for this type of essay: • A comparison essay notes either similarities, or similarities and differences. • A contrast essay notes only differences. • The comparison or contrast should make a point or serve a purpose. Often such essays do one of the following: Clarify something unknown or not well understood. Lead to a fresh insight or new way of viewing something. Bring one or both of the subjects into sharper focus. Show that one subject is better than the other. • The thesis can present the subjects and indicate whether they will be compared, contrasted, or both. • The same points should be discussed for both subjects; it is not necessary, however to give both subjects the same degree of development. • Some common organizational structures include: (see note below) Block method (subject by subject) Point by point Comparisons followed by contrasts (or the reverse) • Use detailed topic sentences and the following connecting words to make the relationship between your subjects clear to your reader: Connectors That Show Comparison (Similarities) In additon Correspondingly Compared to Similarly Just as As well as Likewise Same as At the same time Connectors That Show Contrast (Differences) ...
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...Comp Fund 16 November 2001 Cats and Dogs This compare and contrast essay is for English composition, it will be on cats, and dogs, and The three points are going to be about; fur, hearing, and dogs being omnivorous, and cats being carnivores. Cats and dogs are at the top of the list for pets in the U.S. today. One can train dogs with a lot of time, and hard work, yet most cats are difficult or not trainable at all. Most dogs and cats have different lengths of hair, and they come in many colors, and lengths. They both have a strong sense of hearing, and a tremendous sense of smell. My family and I have owned many pets. We currently have two dogs, and two cats. Phoebe is a Yellow Lab with short blonde hair, and Lizzie is a Black Lab with short black hair. Most dogs shed, but there are some breeds that shed remarkably little, or not at all. Brushing a dog’s coat will cut down on the amount of hair on the furniture, and floors. We adopted our two cats from an animal shelter. Shockte has short white hair, and Izzy has long gray hair. Cats are easier to take care of than dogs due to their self-grooming habits; therefore, they do not need baths regularly. The only problem is they do get hairballs that can lead to health problems. There are three ways to rid a cat of a hairball; a bowel movement, regurgitation, or having them surgically removed. The more love and affection a pet gets, the more they are likely to give back. Cats and dogs love to play and must receive...
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...Topic: Cats General Purpose/Goal: To inform Specific Purpose/Goal: I want my audience to understand three interesting things about Cats. Thesis Statement: Three interesting things to know about cats are their intelligence, tail signals and that they are territorial animals. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Getter: you see them everywhere you look, sometimes out playing or other times in a house. II. Preview Statement: I am going to share three areas of information about cats. A. Cats are very intelligent animals. B. Cats give off tail signals. C. Cats are territorial animals. III. Credibility Statement: I have been a cat owner for over nineteen years. I have hand raised and trained my two cats since they were kittens but have three cats in all. IV. Relevancy Statement: Most people at one point in his or her life will probably have the opportunity to see and interact with a cat. TRANSITION: Now that I have you thinking about cats, let me tell you about their intelligence. BODY I. Cats are very intelligent animals your cat is very special. Millions of years of evolution, however—tens of thousands in the company of humans—have instilled cats and dogs with some particular traits and mental skills. And while cat people and dog people love to debate the superiority of their preferred pet, pet lovers who really want to compare and contrast species-wide superiority would do best to turn to the science of animal cognition: A. Cats are capable of forming...
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...Lesson 11 Review Questions 1. List and explain at least 4 things, from the ASPCA Complete Guide to Dogs, which you can do to minimize discomfort in an older pet. There are a lot of things that you can do to minimize the discomfort in an older dog. One way is special bedding, which helps the older dog feel more comfortable and special. A second way you can help them is by massaging them frequently. This helps to stimulate their older joints and relieve a lot of pressure and aching. Additionally, you may need to give your older dog a special diet. This may require extra time and giving them meals such as less food. Finally, another thing one can do to minimize discomfort is routine exercise. This will help the dog still feel active and keep...
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...“Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa”, David Sedaris wrote this short story with the use of subject by subject pattern method of compare and contrast. The author uses great examples of compare and contrast. In this piece of work by Sedaris, describes the author's childhood who is jealous of Hugh’s life and fills the story with humorous moments. In this story, Sedaris compares his life to his friend Hugh. The author compares his unexciting childhood that was in North Carolina to Hugh’s interesting childhood that was in Africa. He also compares his dog that’s a collie and cat to his significant others two horses named Charlie Brown and Satan as well as his pet monkey. All through the story the author compares how their pets do...
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...Perham A00402821 English 1010 April 3, 2014 Compare/Contrast: To Spay and Neuter or Not to Spay and Neuter Coming home after a long day at work and stress has ran away with any chance of the ability to smile. Opening the door, the first sight is a smiling dog. Ever so friendly, jumping all over, awaiting all day for the arrival of their master. Imagine this same dog sitting days, maybe months in a kennel waiting to be adopted and loved. After too long, the dog is next in line to be euthanized. The animal was given no chance to be loved and cared for because the space was needed for another animal that had been recently taken in. This happens all over the nation, as the animal overpopulation has taken its toll on communities all over. According to statistics, for every person that is born, 15 dogs and 45 cats are also born. That makes it near to impossible in being able to provide homes for them all. When considering options of what to do with these pets, spaying and neutering has made uproar in communities all over the nation. By looking at the pet overpopulation as a whole, considering any risks involved, and the stress this matter brings to communities worldwide will provide you with enough beneficial information when comparing reasons to or not to spay and neuter. Just one litter is too much, and litters always seem to slip by. By choosing to not spay and neuter, animals can produce thousands of litters in a matter of years. For cats it is even worse. Two primary factors lead...
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...1 Compare the Realist movements in France and America. How were they different and how did these differences manifest themselves in the art of Gustave Courbet and Winslow Homer? The Realist movement was a stage in many countries such as France and America that brought awareness to things unseen and expressed a closer look to social classes without the idealization. In France Realist movement, Gustave Courbet was a painter that conveyed the rural area where he grew up which was made up of the lower class. In Courbet’s Burial at Ornans figure 25.1 he displays this social class through the clothes they’re wearing, bulbous nose and unkempt hair and the same can be said about figure 25.2 of The Stone Breakers, dressed in ragged clothes, dirty...
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...about the term such as its noun, verb, adjective, and adverb meanings, and the origin of the word. Needless to say, much research goes into writing this type of essay. Methods of definition include Distinction, Examining, Analysis, and Etymology. • Distinction: This method explains not only what the term or phrase is, but compares it to other related terms and clearly explains what it is not. Bringing out the definition in this manner helps the reader to more clearly understand exactly the point being made. An example of the distinction method would be a coupon. A coupon is a paper or an online code that offers the consumer a discount if they purchase a particular item. In contrast, a sales premium is a bonus item given to the consumer when they purchase something else, such as a free trial bottle of shampoo when a large bottle of conditioner is purchased. • Examining denotation and connotation: Denotation is the actual meaning of a word or term, and connotation is a suggestive meaning of the same term. When using this method, the writer compares both definitions of a word. An example of this method would be the word dog. The literal meaning of dog is a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties....
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...In the Vet Clinic Question 1 a) Name and describe three (3) ways an animal may show you that they are stressed. A great many people who live with canines perceive a percentage of the "greater" pieces of information that a canine's on edge, 1. Uncomfortable, or out and out frightened -groveling, 2. whimpering, and a tucked tail, to name only three.more unobtrusive signs. They for the most part don't reflect all out frenzy, however they let you know that all's not exactly right 3. On the off chance that we can interpret our pooches' 4. Leashing the skin behind while walking non-verbal communication, we can ransom delicate puppies before they get overpowered. Furthermore even boneheaded, giddy sorts may discover a few circumstances excessively for them. Come to consider it, viewing them nearly may uncover that they're not such blockheads truth be told. When we perceive our canines' anxiety flags and make a move to bail them out, we're taking consideration both of the puppy and of ourselves. I regularly recollect a maturing puppy named Jack whose people recognized that he generally withdrew from their little child's methodology. They don't thought anything of it, so Jack's rehashed nonaggressive flags that he despised kiddy-style taking care of didn't traverse. b) Name and describe three (3) ways an animal may show you that they are comfortable. Some solace practices show up over a few taxa (e.g. autogrooming), while others may be...
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...There are three different types of expository essays: 1) Essay that is developed with examples and/or facts and statistics 2) Essay that is developed with steps in a process 3) Essay that is in a compare and contrast format The first step is to brainstorm ideas you may write about (list at least three but you may choose more): 1. Compare and contrast dogs/cats 2. How to make peanut butter *** 3. Give facts about trees and what they do for the earth. The next step is to do a little research. Here is a KWL chart to help you gather information (expand the sections as needed). Chosen Topic: | What do I KNOW? | What do I WANT to know? | What have I LEARNED? | Peanut butter is creamy. Peanut butter is brownish .Peanut butter is spreadable. | What percentage of peanuts does it have to have to be Considered peanut butter?How many ingredients does standard peanut butter have?How many steps are there to making it? | For it to be considered peanut butter it has to have at least 90% of peanuts in it. Standard peanut butter usually has 4 including peanuts, salt, sugar, and vegetable oil. They are basically 6 steps to making it. | Finally, pull all the information together and outline your paper (other than the thesis, use topics rather than sentences to complete the outline). Expository Essay: Title____6 simple steps to make peanut butter I. Introduction: A. Hook___Peanut butter and the making of it. ______________ B. Background information______1895 peanut...
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...to have both hands available. Much of the Navajo children’s life revolves around the environment and land in which they lived on. Most had few “toys”, or at least not what most would consider toys. Most children would play around different areas that could be considered a playground. All sorts of exploring and playing was encouraged except for playing around, in, or near water. This was strictly forbidden. For example, many Navajo children live in a world in which they are unafraid of animals. As one author states “Even playing with the sheep is permissible as long as it is done gently. There are always plenty of dogs and cats about and it does not matter much how roughly they may be played with” (Chisholm, 1983). This exemplifies how the Navajo children develop a sense of one with animals growing up. “Toddlers less than two years old are apt to attempt to ride a dog or will wrestle it and pull its ear until it flees.” (Downs, 1964) This helps out in later life when many are taught jobs that pertain to taking care of or being around animals. As a Navajo child approaches the age at which he or she can start walking around, many of the child’s “friends” are related cousins and siblings. These siblings and cousins help out with raising the child or helping mom with duties that need to be done. Security and familiarity of Navajo communities is the reason for the closeness and helpfulness of many families. By a young Navajo child’s first birthday, the child has likely experienced...
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...instincts. Throughout all of Stephen crane works contain Imagery. For example all through the book The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane employs vivid use of Animal Imagery. “He developed the acute exasperation of a pestered animal, a well - meaning cow worried by dogs ” (crane 201). The vivid use Animal Imagery in The Red Badge of Courage leads you to believe most of the battles are in the main characters head. Also Stephen Crane use of imagery makes you lose sight at what is going on talking about from men then changing them to animals within them. “The regiment is sometimes a monster and sometimes a reptile. These images cause the reader to lose sight of the fact that the regiment is really a unit of men” (cliffnotes). Stephen Crane also he uses color imagery to show contrast in things. Constantly use different versions of animal imagery frequently in connection with battle. “To the youth it was an onslaught of reportable dragons “ (crane 230). “The mouthed rumors that had flown like birds out of the unknown” (crane 221). Stephen Crane use of Animal Imagery throughout his works show how we all have animal instincts. “He is tapping into the core of his being that he shares with snakes, pigs, cats, etc “ ("shmoop"). Also Stephen Crane’s style of imagery uses a lot of metaphor and personification. “With the passionate song of the bullets and the banshee shrieks of shells were mingled catcalls and bits of faction advice concurring place of safety” (crane 223). “A...
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...Tala Hughes Mrs. Martin DC English Comp. 111 20 November 2015 “Ground Zero” Paragraph Summaries 1. Berne is visiting Manhattan’s financial district for the first time to give respect to the tragedy that took place there at the World Trade Center. 2. There were people from all over the world and of all ages there to visit the site. 3. Although it may seem like you are looking at nothing, you are really looking at the absence of what used to be. 4. To a tourist, the site simply looks like a construction site. 5. Looking at the site even gives off the vibe that construction gives, of hope and curiosity. 6. Then your eyes adjust to the most striking part about the scene: the light. 7. Berne compares ground zero to a bowl of light, empty yet vast. What is missing becomes clearer as a watery glow from the light reflecting off the Hudson River covers everything. 8. Suddenly, she starts to see the tragedy, including the firefighters and the boarded windows. 9. Suddenly, the cemetery is visible, along with all of the personal belongings and headstones. 10. It takes time to see the tragedy and make sense of it all. 11. An old man near her is trying to explain to her son how he saw the site before the towers were even built. 12. It is clear many people are dissatisfied with being able to express only vague expressions. 13. Most of the people were picturing what they saw in the media, with the towers with black smoke around them...
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...popularly focused on comparing animal behavior to human behavior. Essentially comparative psychology focuses on animal psychology and the implications that science may have on our understanding of human psychology. Comparative psychology, which involves the study of mental processes and behavior in other animals, is also known as ethology or behavioral biology. Comparative researchers have a wide variety of jobs from studying animals in cages and controlled environments to traveling to distant places in far off countries to study animals in their natural environments. Many of the jobs people prefer tend to include working in laboratories, zoos or aquariums. The psychologists study animals and their behaviors in the wild to compare and contrast their findings. Most times comparative researchers spend their time teaching others about what they have either observed or learned from others experienced in the field of study. The study of animal behavior is enormously diverse, largely because behavior is focused to so many aspects of an animal's biology. Virtually any kind of behavior performed by an animal may be the subject of study. Some questions that have attracted considerable interest include those about how animals communicate, how they choose mates, find food and shelter, and how they adapt to the constant change of the environment around them. Studies of animal behavior are increasingly important to society because they are crucial for understanding how...
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...ACCUPLACER® Sample Questions for Students © 2012 The College Board. College Board, ACCUPLACER, WritePlacer and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. All other products and services may be trademarks of their respective owners. Visit the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org. Sentence Skills In an ACCUPLACER® placement test, there are 20 Sentence Skills questions of two types. • The first type is sentence correction questions that require an understanding of sentence structure. These questions ask you to choose the most appropriate word or phrase for the underlined portion of the sentence. • The second type is construction shift questions. These questions ask that a sentence be rewritten according to the criteria shown while maintaining essentially the same meaning as the original sentence. Within these two primary categories, the questions are also classified according to the skills being tested. Some questions deal with the logic of the sentence, others with whether or not the answer is a complete sentence, and still others with the relationship between coordination and subordination. 3. To walk, biking, and driving are Pat’s favorite ways of getting around. A. To walk, biking, and driving B. Walking, biking, and driving C. To walk, biking, and to drive D. To walk, to bike, and also driving 4. When you cross the street in the middle of the block, this is an example of jaywalking. A. When you cross the street in the middle of...
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