Comparison and Contrast Essay

Comparison and Contrast Essay

1. General Definitions

   • Essay
     • Is a short literary composition on a single subject.
       • Comparison Essay
         • Examines the similarities between two things in order to make a point.
       • Contrast Essay
         • Examines the differences (contrasts) between two things in order to make a point.

2. Structure

   • Introductory Paragraph
     • Opening Statements
       • It is a very important sentence because, after the title, it is the first contact the readers have with the essay itself.
         • Types
           • General to specific
           • Quotations
           • Question
           • Short anecdote/ brief story
           • Warning! (Importance of topic)
           • Opposite (Irony)
     • Thesis Statement
       • Is the controlling ideaof the stability, and direction to the body of the essay.
         • Parallelism
           • it is uused to make the items of each paragraph have the same kind of structure
             • Importance
               • sets the standar of the topics that the essay is going to develop about
   • Concluding paragraph
     • It is the summarize of what we have writen about.
       • Methods
         • Summary and final thought
         • Thought provoking question or short series of questions
         • Recommendations
         • Predictions
   • Body Paragraph
     • is the main part of your essay or paper.
       • Topic sentence
         • It is the first sentence of eache body paragraph , also is an introduction to the parahgraph and establish its purpose
       • transitional expressions
         • They are the ones that wil connect one paragraph to the others providing coherences and smooth shift between them
           • Note
             • they MUST be used in each paragraph to connect them
           • List
             • comparison and contrast
               • Like, Unlike, However
             • sequence
               • After that, Last Finally, To begin with
             • introducing examples
               • Because of, As a result, Caused by
             • cause and effect
               • For example, An additional example, A good example ,For instance To illustrat
             • enumerate or to include more information
               • Also, Besides, Furthermore, Moreover
       • Point By Point Format
         • compare and contrast one single aspect of two items in one paregraph