Assignment 3: Comparison and Contrast Essay Help online

Introduction

The requirement of the assignment is to post in the discussions area an essay of no more than 700 words

The process is as follows:

1) Prepare an essay following the instructions below.

Choose two stories from among those covered so far in the two stories assigned. One of your challenges for Assignment 3 is to select two stories that are good matches for your chosen topic.

Here is the list of stories

•  “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• “Royal Beatings” by Alice Munro
•  “Paul’s Case” by Willa Cather
• “Death by Landscape” by Margaret Atwood
• “To Room Nineteen” by Doris Lessing
• “Great Falls” by Richard Ford
• “Bartleby, the Scrivener” by Herman Melville
• “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver
• “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
• “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner
• “The Horse Dealer’s Daughter” by D.H. Lawrence

Choose just one of the topics below:

1. Compare and contrast the protagonists’ isolation from the world and the people around them from two stories.
2. Compare and contrast the marital or romantic relationships in two stories.
3. Compare and contrast the use of point of view in two stories.
4. Compare and contrast the presentation of selfishness in two stories.

Note:

You’re not required to do any research for Assignment 3. However, if you feel confident about including secondary sources, feel free to do so.

Your essay should have three parts: an introductory paragraph, a body containing fully developed paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. Below is a general guide for what to include in each section of your essay.

• Your introductory paragraph should:
  • Introduce your chosen stories (with their full titles) and their authors.
  • Identify clearly your essay topic, that is, the subject of your comparison/contrast.
  • Include a strong thesis statement on the comparison and contrast topic that indicates what we ultimately learn from the comparison/contrast.
  • Forecast the categories of the comparison and contrast that your essay will analyze in detail.
• Your analysis in the body of your essay should:
  • Make effective use of topic sentences to identify the categories of comparison or contrast in your analysis.
  • Support your comments with evidence (paraphrase and direct quotations) from your chosen stories.
  • Explain the significance of each piece of evidence you present as it relates to your thesis.
  • Contribute to our understanding of the two stories as a whole.
• Your concluding paragraph should:
  • Summarize how your analysis of the categories of comparison/contrast support your thesis.
  • Restate in different words the purpose of your comparison/contrast.

 

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