#16 - Comparison/Contrast #2 Essay Assignment

This essay will follow the same kind of outline as your last one. You may choose Item-By-Item or Point-By-Point, though the latter may be more clear for you.

The topic is to compare and contrast the ideas in "Why English?" and "The Language of Common Sense." You must decide and state in your thesis if the two essays are more similar or more different.

Please follow these instructions.

1. Write a good introduction with your clear thesis at the end of it.

2. Be sure that each body paragraph starts with a clear topic sentence.

3. Use 'one time" examples in each body paragraph. These examples should be "direct quotations" from each of the two articles. You must have at least two examples like this in each body paragraph.

4. The next handout and the class lecture will demonstrate how to use direct quotations.

5. Check your essay carefully for grammar before handing it in. Using Grammarly.com is recommended. Try especially to avoid fragments (frag) and comma faults (c.f.).

6. A complete and correct outline must be submitted before and with the essay.