1.    Carefully read,  in our text, Readings for Writers, this week's  comparison and
                contrast  readings and essays found in  Assignments .
2.  Visit the following link:   Style: Comparison and Contrast Writing

3.   Read the information carefully and take notes of important points.

.    Create a 5-8 paragraph Comparison and Contrast essay, following the class Guidelines for Writing
              Online  Papers  by choosing one of the topics below. Post a mini-essay on  the Discussion Board containing a  thesis/basis of
              your   comparison and contrast as the points of comparison and contrast. This will be worth 25 points as an assignment; I would like you to share this
              assignment with the others, so that is why it will be posted. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. will count toward the maximum number of points.
              Students do NOT have to comment (but you can if you like), but everyone should read the essays to see others' work.

                Topics--  Compare and contrast:

• two movie stars,
• two types of music,
• two types of restaurants,
• two types of medicine
• two different  magazines, or
• two types of movies.

5.    In the Class  Discussion message board, under the appropriate thread, post the difficulties
                you had with organizing which details to include, leave out, etc.  Was it difficult to pace your work
                accordingly?  Use examples from the readings that relate.
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               Last Updated: March, 2005
              Patricia A. Hutchins
               http://www.delta.edu/pahutchi/compconassn.html