{"id":71,"date":"2014-11-10T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp1kaleidoscoperevisedmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=71"},"modified":"2015-03-19T22:18:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T22:18:25","slug":"introduction-to-compare-and-contrast-essay","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-compare-and-contrast-essay\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Compare\/Contrast Essay","rendered":"Introduction to Compare\/Contrast Essay"},"content":{"raw":"<strong><a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comparison<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in writing discusses elements that are similar, while\u00a0<strong><a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">contrast<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in writing discusses elements that are different.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">The key to a good compare-and-contrast essay is to choose two or more subjects that connect in a meaningful way. The purpose of conducting the comparison or contrast is not simply to state the obvious but rather to illuminate subtle differences or unexpected similarities. Through this process, the essay reveals insights that are interesting to the reader.<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn this module, you will develop your skills in compare and contrast writing.\r\n<h3>Module Outcomes<\/h3>\r\nAfter successfully completing this module, you should be able to:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>Determine the purpose and structure of the compare and contrast essay.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Understand how to write a compare and contrast essay.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p><strong><a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Comparison<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in writing discusses elements that are similar, while\u00a0<strong><a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">contrast<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in writing discusses elements that are different.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The key to a good compare-and-contrast essay is to choose two or more subjects that connect in a meaningful way. The purpose of conducting the comparison or contrast is not simply to state the obvious but rather to illuminate subtle differences or unexpected similarities. Through this process, the essay reveals insights that are interesting to the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this module, you will develop your skills in compare and contrast writing.<\/p>\n<h3>Module Outcomes<\/h3>\n<p>After successfully completing this module, you should be able to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determine the purpose and structure of the compare and contrast essay.<\/li>\n<li>Understand how to write a compare and contrast essay.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/\">http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Successful Writing. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Anonymous. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Anonymous. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-07-comparison-and-contrast.html\">http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-07-comparison-and-contrast.html<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":9,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Successful Writing\",\"author\":\"Anonymous\",\"organization\":\"Anonymous\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2012books.lardbucket.org\/books\/successful-writing\/s14-07-comparison-and-contrast.html\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["anonymous"],"pb_section_license":"cc-by-nc-sa"},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[53],"license":[60],"class_list":["post-71","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-anonymous","license-cc-by-nc-sa"],"part":129,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":791,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/revisions\/791"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/129"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}