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expository Writing: Compare/Contrast
my Notes
4. Writers often use a graphic organizer to generate ideas. Explain how the graphic organizer could help you in structuring an essay comparing and contrasting two subjects.
Preview
In this activity, you will read and analyze a text that compares and contrasts two Civil War heroes: Ulysses S. Grant, leader of the Union Army (North), and Robert E. Lee, leader of the Confederate Army (South). You will then think about how these two men connect to your previous study of heroism.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read, pay attention to the organization of the text. Write the focus of each paragraph in the My Notes section.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Underline transitional words and phrases that help you follow the changes in focus.
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About the Author
Bruce Catton (1899–1978) was a noted historian and journalist whose books on the Civil War were celebrated for narrative historical style. The third book in a trilogy on the Civil War, A Stillness at Appomattox, earned Catton both a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award (1954).
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