Comparison/Contrast Essay

Paragraphs 1-6 from “On Compassion” and paragraphs 1-3 from “Just Walk On By”  both describe an encounter between two people and offer reflection on its meaning.

Compare and contrast the rhetorical choices made by the authors in each piece.

Possible topics:

Point of view

Speaker

Tone: diction, syntax, figurative language, details, imagery.

Use of the three appeals

Modes of Discourse: Description, Definition, Narration, Process Analysis, Division/Classification, Comparison/Contrast, Persuasion, Example, Cause and Effect.

Any other rhetorical choices. 

Links to texts:

Just Walk on By

On Compassion