Name: __________________________________ Date: ____________________________________

Comparative Essay Organizer

Works being compared:

Prompting Quotation:

Working title that names my topic and the two works being compared:
(Please note that “Comparative Essay” is not an acceptable title)

First Area of Comparison/Contrast

Quotation to be used as evidence Notable literary device(s) used in the What is being highlighted by this
(with proper MLA citation) quotation, what effects it creates, and quotation? An important theme?
what it emphasizes. Character development? Explain in
2-3 sentences.

Work A:

Work B:

What similarities ***This forms your first point of comparison or first point of discussion***
emerge between these
two works after the two
quotations have been
analyzed? How does
this relate to the
prompting quotation?
 Second Area of Comparison/Contrast

Quotation to be used as evidence Notable literary device(s) used in the What is being highlighted by this
(with proper MLA citation) quotation, what effects it creates, quotation? An important theme?
and what it emphasizes. Character development? Explain in
2-3 sentences.

Work A:

Work B:

What similarities emerge ***This forms your second point of comparison or second point of discussion***
between these two works
after the two quotations
have been analyzed? How
does this relate to the
prompting quotation?
 Third Area of Comparison/Contrast

Quotation to be used as evidence Notable literary device(s) used in the What is being highlighted by this
(with proper MLA citation) quotation, what effects it creates, quotation? An important theme?
and what it emphasizes. Character development? Explain in
2-3 sentences.

Work A:

Work B:

What similarities emerge ***This forms your third point of comparison or third point of discussion***
between these two works
after the two quotations
have been analyzed? How
does this relate to the
prompting quotation?