1. Essay Development
COMPARISON/CONTRAST

2. THREE PARTS OF ESSAY
INTRODUCTION
BODY
CONCLUSION

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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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