ABOUT THE ESSAY TYPE: The Compare & Contrast Essay is a platform where the writer examines one or multiple aspects of a subject or reading and discusses common and differing elements. Learn more about this writing approach in your textbook, Successful College Writing, p. 373 – 381. See p. 382-383 as references for organization.
PROMPT: Compare and contrast "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen and chapter 1 of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Identify 3 concepts from the two texts and examine how the concept is presented in both texts by the author. Provide adequate textual evidence to support your claims about both selections. Note: This essay’s body will be three body paragraphs.
SUGGESTIONS FOR TOPICS FOR THE MAJOR DIVISIONS OF THE BODY: (Note: These are only suggestions. You will need to use at least 3 topics shown below): (Each will be the focus of 1 body paragraph.)
author’s style of writing, author’s depiction of main character, setting, main character’s personality, the theme of independence vs. dependence, theme of adapting, theme of maturity vs. immaturity