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How to Write a Compare/Contrast Essay



Compare and contrast essays are the other big essay types in academic writing. These essays will follow a specific question and are fairly easy to complete. There are several ways to write this type of essay. The most important thing to remember is structure. Many wonderful essays fall victim to the woes of bad structure, making any ingenuity to fall by the wayside. Go over the rules on how to write a general essay, and then structure your compare/contrast essay in one of the following two formats:

Introduction

Your introduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement.

Topic 1
This next portion of your essay (which may consist of one paragraph or several) should cover only the first topic of the comparison and contrast. Compare/Contrast essays take two topics and illustrate how they are similar and dissimilar. Do not mention topic 2 in this first portion.

Topic 2
This next portion of your essay (which may also consist of one or more paragraphs) should cover the second of the two topics. Do not discuss Topic 1 in this section. Since you have already gone into great detail about it, you may allude to Topic 1 briefly; however, do not analyze Topic 1 in this section. This portion of the paper is to discuss Topic 2 in great detail.

Topics 1 and 2 Together
Now that you have analyzed both Topic 1 and Topic 2 independently, now it is time to analyze them together. This section may also be one or several paragraphs.

Conclusion
The conclusion — like the introduction — should be a generalization of the thesis. This paragraph should express your certainty and absolute knowledge on the subject matter. You should reaffirm your thesis (essentially restate it in new words) and show how you've proven it.

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Introduction
Your introduction — like the five-paragraph-essay, should open generally (with a quotation, anecdote, generalization), and lead into the thesis statement.

All Comparisons (Topics 1 and 2)
This section — which should consists of several paragraphs — should go through all similarities you find in the two topics on which you are writing. There should be at least three comparisons (essentially three short body paragraphs) in which you give an example from both topics of comparisons in each.

All Contrasts (Topics 1 and 2)
This section — which should consist of several paragraphs — should go through all differences you find in the two topics on which you are writing. There should be at least three contrasts (essentially three short body paragraphs) in which you give an example from both topics of comparisons in each.

Conclusion
This conclusion is wrapping up everything you have just proven in your paper. It should restate the thesis in a new, more official way, and you should feel quite confident in your writing.

Here is a quick breakdown on how the Compare-Contrast Essay should appear:

Type A:
Paragraph 1: Introduction (with Thesis)
Paragraph 2: Topic 1 (Comparison a)
Paragraph 3: Topic 1 (Comparison b)
Paragraph 4: Topic 1 (Comparison c)
Paragraph 5: Topic 2 (Contrast a)
Paragraph 6: Topic 2 (Contrast b)
Paragraph 7: Topic 2 (Contrast c)
Paragraph 8: (Optional) — Comparisons/Contrasts together (any topic)
Paragraph 8: Conclusion
Type B:
Paragraph 1: Introduction (with Thesis)
Paragraph 2: Comparison a (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 3: Comparison b (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 4: Comparison c (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 5: Contrast a (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 6: Contrast b (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 7: Contrast c (Topic 1&2)
Paragraph 8: Conclusion

It's simple as 1-2-3. In the intoduction all you have to do is introduce the topic and discuss what is the signifance and other stuff related to the topic. For example, let's have computers. For starters you could give a brief history on computers and how far they have come in being computers we recognize today. And you add some more information such as operating systems and software.

The body is mainly reserved for deep discussion of the topic which is supposed to be in general. Meaning you have to elaborate a specific sub-top and it's significance to the research and so on and so forth. And the body could be as many paragraphs as you wish depending on the extent of your research.

Finally we come to the conclusion. It is merely proving the statements and enforcing the truth according to existing evidence. For instance you raise an issue that Macs are better than pc's. You could say that Macs are good for multimedia and pc's are best for gaming. In short, just end the topic and prove that you have met the objectives.

for your intro paragraph, first use a good sentence that catches the reader's attention. then use the remaining sentences (I'm assuming you have a minimum sentence requirement) to build up to the thesis, which is basically what your whole compare/contrast essay is about. the thesis itself should be a sentence or two. (EVERYTHING MUST be ABLE TO ReLATE TO THE THESIS!!!)

In the next couple of body paragraphs, describe how the two compare and contrast. If you need two body paragraphs, use one paragraph to describe the good/bad aspects of one object, and use the other one to describe the good/bad aspects of the other object. then use your conclusion to basically insert your opinion.

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