{"id":18056,"date":"2024-03-28T14:13:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/compare-or-contrast-two-types-of-technologies-for-example-two-smartphone-brands-or-two-gaming-consoles\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:13:22","slug":"compare-or-contrast-two-types-of-technologies-for-example-two-smartphone-brands-or-two-gaming-consoles","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/compare-or-contrast-two-types-of-technologies-for-example-two-smartphone-brands-or-two-gaming-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"Compare or contrast two types of technologies (for example, two smartphone brands or two gaming consoles)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; font-size: 17px; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Properly applies elements of a comparison\/contrast essay using personal or common knowledge of the subjects:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Makes a clear and meaningful connection between two subjects related to one of the writing prompts; effectively organizes body paragraphs in one of the two prescribed ways and consistently uses transitional words or phrases to comparison\/contrast ideas. Relies on personal or common knowledge.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">States the focused central claim of the essay with the clear purpose of comparing\/contrasting two subjects:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Has a clear, focused, and detailed thesis expressed in a single sentence that states the central claim of the essay; the thesis statement effectively communicates the two subjects that will be compared or contrasted and the two or three main points of comparison\/contrast.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Exhibits competent organization, flow, and writing techniques:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Includes all of the required components of an essay, including an introduction with a strong thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs (4-6), each with an effective topic sentence and a conclusion with an effective concluding statement; the sequence of sentences and paragraphs is logical.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Establishes an informative tone and makes thoughtful choices:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices and uses a wide variety of sentence structures; establishes a consistently objective and impersonal tone that is appropriate to an informative essay.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Demonstrate command of standard English grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and usage:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>There are few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<ol style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.17647em; margin-left: 1.17647em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.705882em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Did you use the point-by-point or block method to organize your body paragraphs? What made you decide to organize your essay in this way (3-4 sentences)?<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sophia says: Consider the ways a comparison\/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.235294em; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In what ways did writing a comparison\/contrast essay differ from the Narrative essay you wrote in Touchstone 1? Give specific examples (3-4 sentences).<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Sophia says: Consider how the structure, point of view, and purpose of the two essays differ.<\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Remember that the writing process is a recursive process, and your first draft of an essay is rarely your last. 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