English Composition I Additional Readings: Compare/Contrast

Twilight vs. Buffy

This is an essay comparing the TV Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the book/movie vampire series Twilight. While the subject matter might strike you as being trivial, the author is using strong critical analysis to make their point. The criteria might be a little buried, though, so watch for them.

Apples

This article is from Associated Content, a website that I usually warn students away from. See if you can figure out why from this example essay.

Coffee Talk

This article looks at first like a division essay, but it is using criteria pretty strongly. We'll discuss in class which type of essay it really is.

Choosing a Charcoal or Propane Grill

This article has some different formatting of the information, along with a lot of specifics for choosing which type of grill to use for barbequeing.