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Now you must decide how you will create the outline for your essay. Do you want to compare the two men first and contrast them second? Do you want to write several paragraphs related to various aspects of their work comparing and contrasting as you write?
Decide what you want to do, and then write a thesis statement for your introductory paragraph. Remember that the thesis statement tells the reader the direction you are taking in the essay. You MUST include the names Van Gogh and Gauguin in the thesis statement. You MUST somehow indicate that you'll be comparing and contrasting their work. You SHOULD write something about how you'll be comparing/contrasting them -- this makes your thesis statement much richer.
Create a new file in the Comparison Contrast Project folder. Call the new file "Outline". Copy and paste one of the outlines below into your file and complete it. Use the first outline if you want to compare and contrast the artists separately. Use the second outline if you want to focus on different aspects of their work in each body paragraph. (You can add more body paragraphs or supporting details according to your needs.) Don't worry about writing the conclusion yet. This will come naturally during the writing of your rough draft.
One very important thing to remember as you write the outline is that structures should be parallel. In other words, if you're going to write about three aspects of their work, make sure that the focus is on three nouns or three verbs -- don't mix things up. Write about the things that inspired them, the way they put their ideas onto canvas and the encouragement they got from society. Write about how they chose their topics, how they used paint, and how they perceived their own work. Do you see how thirty students in a classroom who are comparing and contrasting the same two artists can come up with thirty very different outlines and therefore thirty very different essays? Make your essay unique by choosing aspects of each artist that are most intriguing to you.
Outline 1
Thesis statement:
A. Comparison Topic Sentence
1. Support 1
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
2. Support 2
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
3. Support 3
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
B. Contrast Topic Sentence
1. Support 1
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
2. Support 2
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
3. Support 3
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
Outline 2
Thesis statement:
A. Topic Sentence about first aspect of their work
1. Support 1
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
2. Support 2
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
B. Topic Sentence about the second aspect of their work
1. Support 1
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
2. Support 2
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
C. Topic Sentence about the third aspect of their work
1. Support 1
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
2. Support 2
a. detail 1
b. detail 2
