Essay Development COMPARISON/CONTRAST

THREE PARTS OF ESSAY INTRODUCTION BODY CONCLUSION

WRITING PROCESS PREWRITING - Freewriting - Questioning - Making a list - Diagramming

INTRODUCTION Serve three main purposes: 1. Catch the reader’s attention 2. Explain the topic of the essay 3. Writer’s position on the topic and the subtopics

THESIS STATEMENT The thesis statement tells the reader what the essay will be about and the point of the essay. Thesis statement will have two parts: 1. Topic 2. Point of the essay/ the main ideas that will be discussed.

Examples of topics: You and your friend constantly surf through the Internet in search of the information, but use different search engines. You had a bet about what search engine proves to be better: Google or Yahoo. Compare and contrast these two search engines and show your friend the objective picture of how the things are. You are going to study in Germany. You don't know anything about the educational system in this country. You decide to approach to this question seriously, as your future depends directly on your choice. You try to get to know more about the educational system in Germany. You haven't decided yet whether you are ready to leave your native country. Compare and contrast educational systems in America and Germany.

Compare the Science courses and Art courses. Make the comparison and contrast of the glamour rock of the early seventieth and the contemporary rock. Compare and contrast the main characters of Moby Dick and the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Instruction: For several hundred years the Mongols ruled over both Russia and China.  After casting off Mongol domination, both areas began a process of political and cultural recovery. Compare and contrast these processes in Russia and China. Thesis Statement: When Russia and China recovered from Mongol domination they had similar political goals but different cultural goals.

DEFINITION Compare How things are alike or similar How things are different Contrast

TYPES OF ORGANIZATION BLOCK ORGANIZATION 1. Introduction 2. Topic 1 (a) 3. Topic 1 (b) 4. Topic 2 (a) 5. Topic 2 (b) 6. Conclusion

POINT BY POINT 1. Introduction 2. First Similarity (Topic 1 and Topic 2) 3. Second Similarity (Topic 1 and Topic 2) 4. First Difference (Topic 1 and Topic 2) 5. Second Difference (Topic 1 and Topic 2) 6. Conclusion

TRANSITION SIGNALS To show contrast/difference/ apparent contradiction: in contrast nevertheless however still yet despite on the other hand in spite of on the contrary instead although while otherwise even though conversely whereas as opposed to rather unlike

To show similarity: also like likewise similar to similarly by the same token just as . . . so too the same is true of . . . indeed in comparison in addition furthermore moreover not only . . . but also

Compare/Contrast Topics Infatuation versus Love Compare and Contrast Two People Whom You admire The Happiest Day and The Saddest Day of Your Life