WRITING THE ROUGH DRAFT
Write your rough draft. Remember that your outline is a guide. Most writers find that additional details occur to them as they write. If you have new thoughts, you should feel free to explore them. Of course, you must then reevaluate the logic of your ideas.
As is true with other methods of developing ideas, comparison/contrast has its particular words and expressions to indicate movement from one point to the next.
Transitions Commonly Used in Comparison/Contrast
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Transitions for comparison
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Transitions for contrast
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again
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like
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although
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instead
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also
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likewise
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and yet
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nevertheless
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as well as
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moreover
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but
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on the contrary
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both
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the same as
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despite
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on the other hand
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equally
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similar to
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different from
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otherwise
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furthermore
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similarty
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even though
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still
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just as
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so
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except for
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though
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just like
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too
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however
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unlike
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in contrast with
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whereas
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in spite of
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while
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REVISING THE ROUGH DRAFT
If you are able to leave your rough draft and return to it later for revision, you will view your work with greater objectivity. In the best circumstances, you might be able to leave your fi rst draft aside for a day or two before you revise. When you revise, you may work alone, with a group, with a peer tutor, or directly with your instructor. Here are some of the basic questions you should consider during this most important stage of your work.
Guidelines for Revising an Essay Developed by Comparison/Contrast
1. Does the rough draft satisfy the conditions for the essay form? Is there an introductory paragraph? Are there at least three well-developed paragraphs in the body of the essay? Is there a concluding paragraph? Remember, a single sentence is not considered an acceptable paragraph in standard essay writing unless it is a piece of dialogue using quotation marks.
2. Does the essay compare or contrast a two-part topic and come to some conclusion about the comparison or contrast?
3. Has the essay been organized by the point-by-point method or the block method?
4. Have important points been omitted? Is any of the material irrelevant?
5. Are there repetitious sentences or paragraphs?
6. Find several places where more specifi c verbs, nouns, or adjectives can be substituted. Use vocabulary that is appropriate for the topic being discussed.
7. Can you think of a more effective or creative way to begin or end?
8. Does the essay fl ow logically from one idea to the next? Would using any transitional expressions improve this fl ow?
9. Show your draft to at least two other readers and ask for suggestions.
PREPARING THE FINAL COPY, PRINTING, AND PROOFREADING
The typing of the fi nal version should follow the traditional rules for an acceptable submission.
LESSON 8. PEER REVIEWING
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