How to use venn diagrams and tables in compare and contrast essays

Imagine that you are going to write a compare and contrast essay on 'Radiohead' and 'Coldplay'. Before writing it, you need to analyse and organise similarities and differences between these two music bands.

Venn Diagram:

Table:

 

Now, I want you to think of  similarities and differences between Turkish and American family structures.

Here, there is a short questionnaire on Turkish and American family structures.

Family Structure Questionnaire

Roles of Adults	Turkish	American
Who is the head of the family?
Who controls the family`s money?
Who makes most of the decisions?
Who raises the children? Who disciplines the children?
Who does the everyday shopping? Who shops for large items such as a new car?
Who does cooking and cleaning?
Do both parents work outside the home?
Roles of Children
Are all children treated equally?
Do all children have the same responsibilities?
Do all children do chores at home?
Do children receive a weekly allowance?
At what age do children make their own decisions?
At what age do children move out of their parent`s house?
General
How many family members live in one house?
Where do older relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles) live? Who takes care of them?
In general, how are parents treated by their children? How are children treated by their parents? How are grandparents treated by their children and grandchildren?

When completing the Turkish part of the questionnaire, you can take your own family structure as a model. 

I think, some of you might not be familiar with American family structure so that you might be worried about how to complete that part of the questionnaire.

That`s why, I want you to read the link below, before completing it.

American Family Structure

This link may not be enough to answer all the questions of the questionnaire.

That`s why you are going to search for more information about `American family strucure` on the internet.

Then, share/post all information that you think useful such as website, video, article, etc. so that you can help each other by providing different sources.

After getting enough information and completing the questionnaire, you are going to prepare a venn diagram or table to show similarities and differences between Turkish and American family structures.

After you prepare it, send it to my email (ttxbk2@nottingham.ac.uk), please.

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REMEMBER:

1. Search for more information about American family structure on the internet.

2. Share/Post all information that you think is useful to the blog.

3. Complete the questionnaire.

4. Prepare a venn diagram or table.

5. Send your venn diagram or table to my email (ttxbk2@nottingham.ac.uk).


The next stage is preparing an outline for a compare and contrast essay.