Gaming Galore: A Detailed Comparison of Two Video Game Experiences
ASSIGNMENT: Using your chapter readings, class discussion, WRITE A COMPARE CONTRAST ARGUMENT of at least three pages double-spaced MINIMUM (not counting header, blank lines, or title lines, but actual original text written by you!)
SPECIFICATIONS:
Your COMPARE CONTRAST PAPER MUST BE well organized to manage the similarities, differences, and concluding judgment of your two subjects. You must create powerful and logical STRUCTURE and SEQUENCE OF POINTS to sort out differences and “help people better understand where others are coming from” (Johnson and Sheehan 119). WE WILL BE USING THE “SIMILARITIES-ANDDIFFERENCES” STRUCTURE OUTLINED ON PAGE 108 (not the point-by-point model).
In this compare/contrast paper, it’s OK to have a BIASED VIEW; in fact, you MUST have a bias – a PREFERENCE for one over the other—that will inform your ARGUMENT for why one is better than the other even though they show similarities.
CHOOSE A TOPIC FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DOMAINS:
2 social media interfaces
2 movies or 2 video games
2 levels of schooling (high school vs. college)
2 types of outdoor adventures
2 restaurants offering similar menus
2 course formats (face-to-face vs. online)
2 exercise practices (pilates vs. yoga)
2 musical instruments (in terms of lifelong enjoyment)
2 smartphone platforms Two novels for teens
2 parenting styles used with teens and/or young adults
2 music bands labeled in the same genre
Professor’s notes
HELP FROM OUR TEXTBOOK!
Brainstorming Question:
WHAT INTERESTING COMPARISON/CONTRAST COULD I MAKE OF TWO SUBJECTS THAT WOULD persuade readers to agree with my biased argument that one is better/worse than the other?
RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS (THERE ARE THREE THIS TIME):
1) Find, Use, Place, and Cite AT LEAST TWO IMAGES that you find online (and are related to your subject). Use graphic design to place them where they are intentional on your part and meaningful for the reader.
2) Place your own Venn Diagram as an image inside the paper (at a location of your choice).
3) Incorporate AT LEAST ONE DIRECT TEXT QUOTE AND ONE CITED PARAPHRASE from a published source (could be a review, a usability study, a page from Consumer Reports magazine, a specification list from the Best Buy website, etc.)
Don’t forget that you will need to create a CORRECTLY FORMATTED WORKS CITED PAGE with at least 3 entries this time (2 images and one text source)! (Visit Pages 396-397 and 405 in our Argument Today textbook if you are having trouble remembering how to do a Works Cited page from English 1301! You are accountable for this skill being already developed when you begin English 1302; see a tutor if you need a review!)
Reminder: Your Works Cited page is a SEPARATE double-spaced LAST PAGE with a centered header “Works Cited” (always!) and DOES NOT COUNT toward length!