{"id":3471,"date":"2019-11-12T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2019-10-14T10:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:06:32","slug":"nano-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/blog\/2019\/11\/12\/nano-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas for Writing Comparisons and Contrasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I like to use a Venn diagram to lay out my ideas before I write a compare-contrast piece. Place the opposing topic. one on either side, the outer spaces of the circles. Place the way they are alike in the area where the two circles intersect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s as example of how to setup the Venn diagram:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3834\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov12_blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"116\"><\/p>\n<p>Before or During Sunrise&nbsp; VS&nbsp; During or After Sunset<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other general topics to get you thinking. Add detail words to limit the topic [largest (animals)] &#8211; [smallest (animals)]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>largest-smallest&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; most treasured-least appreciated&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; summer-winter<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>easy-difficult&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;heroic-senseless&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bright-dark<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>family-friends&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; memorable- forgettable&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; brothers-sisters&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286,4,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-an-activity","category-details-in-writing","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3843,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}