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Compare and Contrast EssayMyths
What is the Purpose?
•To show similarities between at least two myths
•To show the differences between two myths
•To inform
•To explain
•To analyze
•To evaluate
Chart
Social Customs
What is important to tribe
Beginnings of rituals
Myth 1
Myth 2
Venn Diagram ALIKE
Writing a Thesis Statement
•Review your data•Decide to what extent you will stress the similarities between your two myths and to what extent you will stress the differences.
•Create a thesis statement that reflects that decision.
Weak Thesis Statements
•Both myths are somewhat alike and somewhat different.
•I can see some similarities and some differences too.
•Both of them involve (only a single similarity, no differences).
Better Thesis Pattern
•While both the Iroquois and the Cherokee creation myths celebrate animals as creators, the Iroquois myth focuses more on family revealing what was important to their tribe.
Better Thesis Pattern
•The Iroquois and Chinese creation myths reveal very different rituals and values which leads to the extreme differences in their rules, guidelines and religions.
Paragraph Organization----Point by Point
2nd paragraph
3rd paragraph 4th paragraph
Social Customs
What is important to tribe
Beginnings of rituals
World on the Turtle’s Back
Myth of your choosing
Outline – Point by PointI. Introduction
a. attention getter/hook
b. background information
c. thesis
II. Social Customsa. topic sentenceb. A (1-2 sen)c. B(1-2 sen) d. so whate. transition
III.What is Important to Tribea. topic sentenceb. A (1-2 sen)c. B(1-2 sen)d. so whate. transition
IV. Beginnings of Ritualsa. topic sentenceb. A (1-2 sen)c. B(1-2 sen)d. so whate. transition
V. Conclusiona. emphasize major
tiesb. so what?c. evaluate
Transitions To Compare To Contrast
•Also•As•In the same way•Like•Likewise•Similarly•Comparable•Equally•In addition
•Although•Even though•However•On the other hand•Otherwise•Yet•Still•Conversely•As opposed to •Different from•Whereas
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