Here is a template structure for a comparative essay. It's a bit complicated so take some time to read this structure carefully.
Each paragraph must contain two quotations - one from Spies and one from Equus. These quotations must be comparative or contrasting with each other.
Focus your comments on the similarities or differences between the different presentations of the topic between the texts.
See below for an example comparative paragraph
1 Make a point - a topic sentence
2 Expand on the point / Introduce the quotation
3 Quote a short phrase or word
4 Make between 2 and 4 comments on the quotation
Here are some comments you can make: Choose 2 - 4 of these per paragraph.
1 Comment on how the quotation supports the point you made in the topic sentence
2 Identify a key language, genre or literary feature used in the quotation
3 Comment on the purpose or the effect of the feature
4 Comment on the attitudes / tone / voice expressed in the quotation
5 Comment on the meaning or symbolic meaning of key words in the quotation
6 Make a contextual point - either refer to society or to criticism of the text
7 Make a theoretical perspective point
Write a bridge or connecting word or phrase and then
5 Introduce a quotation from the comparative text
6 Quote a short word or phrase
7 Make between 2 and 4 comments on the quotation
Here are some comments you can make:
1 Comment on how the quotation supports the point you made in the topic sentence
2 Identify a key language, genre or literary feature used in the quotation
3 Comment on the purpose or the effect of the feature
4 Comment on the attitudes / tone / voice expressed in the quotation
5 Comment on the meaning or symbolic meaning of key words in the quotation
6 Make a contextual point - either refer to society or to criticism of the text
7 Make a theoretical perspective point
8 Write a comparative or contrasting observation between the two texts.
