strategies

For this reading we read three chapters; analyzing causes and effects, classifying and dividing, and comparing and contrasting. All of these chapters deal with different ways of strategies for reading and writing. When reading these three chapters i was most interested in the comparing and contrasting because i believe it made the most sense to me.
I had no idea that there was two ways to comparing and contrasting so it was very interesting learning about those. The two different ways include; the block method where you discuss each item separately, or in blocks, and the point-by-point method where one is comparing and contrasting on specific points. You can even use graphs and images to present comparisons which can come in handy if you are demonstrating your comparison to a visual learner. There are a few other ways to demonstrate comparisons such as using figurative language and considering the rhetorical situation.