1. Compare and Contrast Essay
Myths

2. What is the Purpose? To show similarities between at least two myths
To show the differences between two myths
To inform
To explain
To analyze
To evaluate

3. Pre-Writing Chart Social Customs What is important to tribe
Beginnings of rituals
World on the Turtle’s Back
Myth of your choosing

4. Venn Diagram
ALIKE

5. Writing a Thesis Statement
Review your data
Decide to what extent you will stress the similarities between your two myths and to what extent you will stress the differences.
C/C essay MUST discuss both similarities & differences
Create a thesis statement that reflects that decision.

6. Weak Thesis Statements
Both myths are somewhat alike and somewhat different.
I can see some similarities and some differences too.
Both of them involve (only a single similarity, no differences).
Both myths share similarities & differences in who did the creating, what was important to the tribe, and the sense of awe toward the universe.

7. Better Thesis Pattern
While both the Iroquois and the Cherokee creation myths celebrate animals as creators & worship many gods, the Iroquois myth focuses more on family revealing what was important to their tribe.

8. Better Thesis Pattern
The Iroquois and Chinese creation myths reveal different rituals and social customs which leads to the extreme differences in their rules, guidelines and religions.

9. Better Thesis Pattern
In both “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and “How the World Was Made”, animals were responsible for the creation of Earth and they saw eye-to-eye when it came to religion, while the importance of family was much more emphasized in the Iroquois culture.

10. Paragraph Organization----Point by Point
2nd paragraph
3rd paragraph
4th paragraph
Social Customs
What is important to tribe
Beginnings of rituals
World on the Turtle’s Back
Myth of your choosing

11. Outline – Point by Point
Introduction
a. attention getter/hook
b. background information
c. thesis
Social Customs
a. topic sentence
b. WTB (1-2 sen) “” & analysis c. your myth (1-2 sen) “” & analysis
d. so what
e. transition
What is Important to Tribe
b. WTB (1-2 sen) “” & analysis
c. your myth (1-2 sen) “” & analysis
IV. Beginnings of Rituals
a. topic sentence
b. WTB (1-2 sen) “” & analysis
c. your myth (1-2 sen) “” & analysis
d. so what
e. transition
V. Conclusion
a. emphasize major ties
b. so what?
c. final thought/evaluate importance to culture

12. Transitions Also As In the same way Like Likewise Similarly Comparable
To Compare
To Contrast
Also As
In the same way
Like
Likewise
Similarly
Comparable
Equally
In addition
Although
Even though
However
On the other hand
Otherwise
Yet
Still
Conversely
As opposed to
Different from
Whereas