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Synthesis and the Comparative Essay — Homework
Draft a full comparative thesis and outline using texts from this semester before completing these items.
- 1.Explain the difference between block and point-by-point structure in one or two sentences.
- 2.Explain why a comparative thesis needs to state the significance of a similarity or difference, not just note that it exists.
- 3.Draft one synthesized comparative thesis using any two texts studied this semester.
- 4.Outline your comparative essay using point-by-point structure, listing at least two points of comparison and the evidence you would use from each text for each point.
- 5.Identify the "meanwhile" risk in comparative writing and explain how point-by-point structure helps avoid it.
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