This handout will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective.
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/comparison_contrast.ht... www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/comparison_contrast.html
Comparison/Contrast Essay ... Writers using a comparison/contrast structure might begin by discussing the ways in which corsets are similar to footbinding, then they move to a description of the ways in which the two ideas are different. This method is probably the one used most commonly.
leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html
Comparison and Contrast Paragraphs ... Organization by Similarities | Organization by Subtopic | Comparison Conjunctions | Contrast Paragraphs ... Comparison/Contrast Exercises...
lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/compcont.html
Perhaps the most common assignment in a Composition course is the comparison and contrast essay. What could be easier? We've got these two things — movies, books, rock bands, decades, people, fashions, schools, ideas — how are they alike and how are they different?
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.... grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/comparison.htm
A Brief Guide to Writing A Comparison/Contrast Essa ... Writing a comparison/contrast paper involves comparing and contrasting two subjects. A comparison shows how two things are alike. A contrast shows how two things are different.
www.roanestate.edu/owl&writingcenter/OWL/Com_Con.html
A Comparison or Contrast essay is an essay in which you either compare something or contrast something. A comparison essay is an essay in which you emphasize the similarities, and a contrast essay is an essay in which you emphasize the differences.
www.eslbee.com/compcont.htm
Three-Part Format: Comparison/Contrast ... This section deals with the Comparison/Contrast mode. Like the other modes you have studied, it is a modification of the basic essay outline given in the Basic Three-Part Format section; however, it will appear less like the basic three-part format than the others, at least at...
www.odessa.edu/dept/english/mjordan/Compare-contrast.ht... www.odessa.edu/dept/english/mjordan/Compare-contrast.htm
The Comparison and Contrast Guide outlines the characteristics of the genre and provides direct instruction on the methods of organizing, gathering ideas, and writing comparison and contrast essays.
www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/ www.readwritethink.org/materials/compcontrast/
This interactive guide provides an introduction to the basic characteristics and resources that are typically used when students compose comparison and contrast essays. The Comparison and Contrast Guide includes an overview, definitions and examples.
www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp... www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=33