INVENTION
Comparison with Differences
1. Write yourissue:
2. Write your terms:
- Term A (from your issue):
- Term B:
3. Fill in the chart of similarities and differences using these steps:
- List all the similarities down the left columns first.
- Then, start with a similarity and ask these two questions about it:
-Does one term [are]/have/domore or less of this similarity?
-Does one term [are]/have/doa different kind of this similarity?
SIMILARITIES MORE/LESS KINDS
A and BBOTH ARE: / Term A:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / B:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / Term A:
write the kinds in the boxes below / B:
write the kinds in the boxes below
SIMILARITIES MORE/LESS KINDS
A and BBOTH HAVE: / Term A:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / B:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / Term A:
write the kinds in the boxes below / B:
write the kinds in the boxes below
SIMILARITIES MORE/LESS KINDS
A and BBOTH DO: / Term A:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / B:
write “more” or “less/fewer” in the boxes below / Term A:
write the kinds in the boxes below / B:
write the kinds in the boxes below
Review your I column, and move any appropriate items to the A or N columns.
HERE are the other questions to answer about every term in your issue. Type your answers here.
- Definition:
what is x? or who is x?
what kind of thing is it?
what are the parts of it?
- Circumstance :
what else is happening in another place at the SAME Time?
what is happening in another place, farther away?
C. Cause/effect (relation):
what caused it?
what were the effects?
D. Testimony—(of eyewitness or character witness):
what can someone tell about about the issue or a person in the issue?
what can someone else tell you?
Review your I column and move any appropriate items to the A or N columns.
THE “ANI” CHART
1. State the issue with which your essay is concerned:
2. Fill out the form below, 20 numbered items per column: