This document outlines 5 different organizational patterns for comparing and contrasting topics: spatial, which arranges ideas based on physical or visual space; chronological, which orders ideas based on time; problem-solution, which presents a problem and then a solution; cause and effect, which examines causes that influence effects; and step by step, which breaks a process down into a sequence of steps.

1. Compare and Contrast
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2. Spatial

3. Chronological

4. Problem -Solution

5. Cause and Effect

6. Step by Step