katydean Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I need help in forming my history essay that deals with comparing and contrasting two indigenous cultures! I am having trouble with structure. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Typically, compare and contrast is one of the most difficult essay questions. There are some methods of doing it, but I find either of the two alternating ones the best in dealing with comparing and contrasting. Firstly, there's the method where you go: Point 1 for one culture Point 1 for another culture Point 2 for the first Point 2 for the second Each bullet point is a new paragraph. This generally means you don't have as much breadth, but you can go into more depth with your individual points, and can compare points and cultures more thoroughly. However, you can also mention both cultures in one paragraph, so you can have three or four different points of comparison/contrast. This means you get more breadth, but often you have to sacrifice some depth with it. You can also deal with first one culture in one or two paragraphs, and then the other, but this (in my opinion) doesn't really allow for much comparison. Hope this helps a tad! Edited December 7, 2016 by Guest Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydean Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thank You! I am also struggling with the structure of a thesis Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Okay, with this, I figured out how to do it in English, and I feel it should be similar to that in History, though of course it's slightly different. Basically, in English, I worked out that it's possible to have two different 'thesis' for each different play (or, in this case, each culture). Of course, this depends on your general essay question, but generally I'd say something like "Both Culture X and Y have similarities of Z due to A factor, but they are dissimilar in that B and C are different as the two cultures divulged as a result of D". On the other hand, the two cultures could have no similarities/very little, or they could be very similar with few differences between them. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydean Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thank You So Much! Hopefully I can write this all tonight in about 3 hours or so.... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydean Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Would someone be able to look over it in a couple of hours? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I'd be willing to. You can PM it to me Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydean Posted December 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thank You so much! It will be total crap and i am apologizing in advance Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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