Working from home versus working from the office
THIS IS NOT A PRO CON PAPER. THIS IS A COMPARE CONTRAST PAPER. YOU ARE SAYING HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT AND HOW THEY ARE SIMILAR IN REGARDS TO 3 CRITERIA.
3 criteria – Flexibility, costs, and socialization
(The final paper will require 2 sources, so feel free to include your research, but it must be in your own words.)
One of the hardest things to figure out will be your thesis statement for your paper. I will give you some idea of what it will look like, but feel free to post a working thesis and have me help you with it in this discussion.
In the one sentence thesis, you want to 1. state the two things you are comparing/contrasting and 2. the criteria you are using to compare/contrast them. This will be all in one sentence. The last sentence of the introduction.
The thesis for this type of essay is the last sentence in the introduction that relays to readers the results of the comparison and what to expect from the essay that follows.
This sentence must also clearly state the significance of the comparison, answering the question of why this comparison is worthy of attention.
The language of a compare and contrast thesis usually begins with a conditional word, like “although” or “whereas,” then expresses the outcome of the comparison.
At the end of your introductory paragraph you’ll write your thesis statement. A great way to help make the organizational structure of your essay clear to your audience is to combine your thesis statement with a forecastan overview of the main points your essay will cover.
PLEASE USE THIRD PERSON IN PAPER AND KEEP THE PAPER’S LANGUAGE FORMAL NOT CONVERSATIONAL
Class,
Keep in mind as you write the draft of your paper to not use 1st or 2nd person in your paper.
Also, you should not be giving your experience as evidence. This is a formal research paper, so your experiences are not valid support.
That means we should NOT see I, we, me, our, us, ourselves, or you in the paper. You should never refer to yourself or to the fact that you are writing a paper. You would never write in a college level paper, “I think” or “This paper will prove..” or “In this paper, we have seen that” or “The research I did for this paper.”
What you do write should be professional in nature. DO NOT include casual language, bad language, conversational questions and answers, your own experience as research support, or the words “So” or “Well” as transitions.
Avoid asking the reader direct questions and then answering them. For example: Should people eat ice cream? Yes, they should.
The only exception would be the introduction and the conclusion. It is ok to use a personal experience in the intro to draw the reader in and then to refer to it again in the conclusion. However, do not have 1st or 2nd person in the thesis statement.
HOW TO SET UP EACH BODY PARAGRAPH FOR YOUR COMPARE AND CONTRAST PAPER
Class,
Each body paragraph should be following the basic format for paragraph structure. You will have more sentences and ideas in your paragraph depending on which format (block or point-by-point) you chose. The key thing is that you start with a topic sentence, include research, explain the research, and end the entire paragraph with a concluding statement that ties back to the topic sentence. Don’t ever start or end body paragraphs with research.
1. You must start with a general topic sentence as first sentence (an idea from the thesis). This tells your reader what the focus of the paragraph will be.
2. Example/Research. This is where you give your research and examples that support the idea in the topic sentence. EVERY BODY PARAGRAPH HAS TO HAVE RESEARCH. This also means that every body paragraph needs an in-text citation with that research. You can include more than one example if you like.
3. Explanation. After giving the examples and research, you need to clearly explain HOW that research supports the idea in the topic sentence. All body paragraphs should end with this explanation to tie your paragraph back to the topic sentence. NEVER END A PARAGRAPH WITH RESEARCH OR AN IN TEXT CITATION.
4. Concluding statement: Tie all the examples/research you gave back to the idea in the topic sentence.
Imagine each body paragraph is its own mini paper. You give your focus/topic with the topic sentence, your support with the research, and then the explanation, and then you conclude the paragraph.
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