Instructions

Read the sample compare and contrast essay attached below. As you read, note how the writer involved the two passages as part of a larger conversation. Note how the writer shared the similarities and differences.

Answer the questions below.

**(*Reader = reader of the sample student essay, Essay writer = person who wrote the sample study essay, Passages = "Don't Blame the Eater" and "Fast Food Doubles Down")**

1. In the first paragraph, how does the essay writer immediately help the reader understand the basic difference between the two passages?

2. What is the essay writer's thesis?

3. What does the essay writer say is Zinczenko's purpose?

4. What does the essay writer say is one of Crouch's main points?

5. At the beginning of paragraph 5, the essay writer says, "To add to this complex issue....". What does this phrase tell the reader?

6. Find an example of a "sandwich" in paragraph 5. List it here.

7. Name the similarity the essay writer points out at the end of paragraph 6

8. Why does the essay writer use the phrase "In other words...." at the end of paragraph 7?

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