Compare and Contrast Essays for “Raymond’s Run” and “Mrs



Compare and Contrast Essays for “Raymond’s Run” and “Mrs. Flowers”

1. An introductory paragraph, which includes:

▪ The names of the stories

▪ The names of the authors

▪ A BREIF summary of the stories (perhaps two sentences)

▪ Your main idea about the story Choose one of these three statements:

1. Squeaky and Marguarite are more alike than they are different.

2. Squeaky and Marguarite are alike in many ways, but different in others.

3. Squeaky and Marguarite have different personalities.

2. Three example paragraphs

Don’t just list your three examples:

▪ Describe what happened, then

▪ Explain why this example supports your main idea.

3. A short conclusion paragraph

Remind the reader about your main idea.

DO NOT start your conclusion paragraph with “In conclusion” or “To summarize” or any other overused phrase.  Just write the conclusion.

Do NOT introduce any new material.

Check Five things Before You Turn it In:

1. DON’T write the final sentence and just head for the turn-in basket! Go over it a couple times. Re-read to make sure your sentences make sense. 

2. Absolutely do not turn in your paper with the word “you” unless it appears in a quote.

3. Absolutely do not turn in your paper with the words “I”, “me”, or “my” unless they appear in a quote. Do not use “I think,” “In my opinion,” and so on.

4. Your title of your essay must be original – it cannot simply be the story. 

5. Check that whenever you have written the title of the story it is in quotation marks. Do not put quotation marks around the title of your essay.

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