Planning the comparative essay
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Plan by work or by point?
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By point — each covers both works.
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What does the grid look like?
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Shared points as rows; Work A and Work B as columns.
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What becomes one paragraph?
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One row — a shared point across both works.
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What does an empty cell mean?
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That point isn't comparative — cut it or rethink it.
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How many comparative points?
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Usually 3–4, each proving part of the thesis.
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What decides the points?
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The comparative thesis.
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The failure that by-point planning prevents?
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Two mini-essays (a section on each work).
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Which criteria does the plan protect?
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B2 (comparison) and C (organisation).
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What goes in each cell?
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How that work treats the shared point.
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First thing to write in the plan?
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The comparative thesis.
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