Compare Contrast Essay
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Joseph Anderson
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Comparison-Contrast Essay
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Venn Diagram
Venn Diagrams help you organize the similarities and differences between stories, characters, settings, problems, etc.
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Signal Words
Key words that you need in writing a compare/contrast essay are as follows.
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BLOCK ORGANIZATION
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POINT-BY-POINT (POINTS) ORGANIZATION
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When to choose the best organization for your compare/contrast essay?
Point-by-point is often the best choice when the two things you are comparing have both similarities and differences in all of the areas you are discussing.
Block is better if there are only similarities in one area or only differences in another area.
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Comparison Signal Words (cont'd)
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Comparison Signal Words 2
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Using Comparison Signal Words
Write one new sentence to combine the information in each item below. Use a different comparison signal word in each sentence.
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Example 1
The United States has a democratic form of government. Great Britain has a democratic form of government.
The United States has a democratic form of government, just as Great Britain does.
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