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These are some ideas I came up with from the stories
“Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
from Carol Oates, Joyce, Ed. The Oxford Book of American
Short Stories. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1992.
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid
from Charters, Ann, Ed. The Story and its Writer: An
Introduction to Short Fiction. 6th Ed.
Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003.
Brainstorm: Fill in the prompts below as needed and copy/paste
into the box of your BLOG entry.
Essay #2Assignment: COMPARE and CONTRAST:
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
In a 3 page essay COMPARE/CONTRAST two of the pieces
above to develop a strong claim.
The point of a compare/contrast essay is not to simply list
similarities and differences between the two stories but to find a
strong piece of insight that wouldn’t have been achieved if the
two stories had been analyzed separately.
To support your points, draw evidence from:
· Source texts: Present evidence from both works.
Quotes/Paraphrases/Summaries must be in “sandwich” form
with an in-text citation to make a clear distinction between
words/ideas in the text and your commentary/analysis.
· Connections: Building off the in-class activity, how can you
use the “text-to-self” or “text-to-text” connections to tell a story
to prove a point through either a personal anecdote or real-
world story?
Brainstorm: Fill in the prompts below as needed and copy/paste
into the box of your BLOG entry.
For Essay #2, I am going to compare and contrast “Girl” by
Jamaica Kincaid with “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston
Since I will introduce the titles/authors in my introduction, my
thesis will focus on stating a clear main claim. With my essay, I
am going to convince the reader to see that: (state your claim or
thesis below)
Thesis/ Main claim:
Brainstorming 2-3 ideas for bold hooks that will grab the
reader’s attention with the special sauce of my essay, they are:
1.
2.
3.
1. First Body Paragraph: COMPARING (similarities) the two
works, two possible points/smaller claims that I can make
through the comparison to support my thesis/main claim are:
Write them here:
2. Second Body Paragraph: CONTRASTING (differences) the
two works, two possible points are:
Write them here:
3. Third Body Paragraph: CONNECTION. Thinking about a
personal connection or real-world story that I could use to prove
my thesis/main claim, here is:
1. A summary (1-2 lines) of the story I want to tell:
2. The POINT that I want to make with this story and how it
supports my main claim:

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  • 1. These are some ideas I came up with from the stories “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston from Carol Oates, Joyce, Ed. The Oxford Book of American Short Stories. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
  • 2.
  • 3. “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid from Charters, Ann, Ed. The Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. 6th Ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003. Brainstorm: Fill in the prompts below as needed and copy/paste into the box of your BLOG entry. Essay #2Assignment: COMPARE and CONTRAST: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston In a 3 page essay COMPARE/CONTRAST two of the pieces above to develop a strong claim. The point of a compare/contrast essay is not to simply list similarities and differences between the two stories but to find a strong piece of insight that wouldn’t have been achieved if the two stories had been analyzed separately. To support your points, draw evidence from:
  • 4. · Source texts: Present evidence from both works. Quotes/Paraphrases/Summaries must be in “sandwich” form with an in-text citation to make a clear distinction between words/ideas in the text and your commentary/analysis. · Connections: Building off the in-class activity, how can you use the “text-to-self” or “text-to-text” connections to tell a story to prove a point through either a personal anecdote or real- world story? Brainstorm: Fill in the prompts below as needed and copy/paste into the box of your BLOG entry. For Essay #2, I am going to compare and contrast “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid with “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston Since I will introduce the titles/authors in my introduction, my thesis will focus on stating a clear main claim. With my essay, I am going to convince the reader to see that: (state your claim or thesis below) Thesis/ Main claim: Brainstorming 2-3 ideas for bold hooks that will grab the reader’s attention with the special sauce of my essay, they are: 1. 2. 3. 1. First Body Paragraph: COMPARING (similarities) the two works, two possible points/smaller claims that I can make through the comparison to support my thesis/main claim are: Write them here:
  • 5. 2. Second Body Paragraph: CONTRASTING (differences) the two works, two possible points are: Write them here: 3. Third Body Paragraph: CONNECTION. Thinking about a personal connection or real-world story that I could use to prove my thesis/main claim, here is: 1. A summary (1-2 lines) of the story I want to tell: 2. The POINT that I want to make with this story and how it supports my main claim: