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Comparing and Contrasting Two Image s


Goals:
This essay offers practice in looking (reading) closely and moving from describing
observations of specific details into stating larger ideas which can be expressed in a thesis
statement. You might think of this as expanding from “local” ideas (specific observations) to
one “global” idea (a more comprehensive claim and thesis). In addition, this essay offers
practice using the comparison and contrast method of organization, a method with many
useful applications.
Reading:
Please read Chapter 14 on “Responding to Visual Representations” as well as
Chapter 7 on “Comparing and Contrasting” in
The Bedford Guide for College Writers

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