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Organizing Your
Compare/Contrast Essay
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Stacy Suhadolc
Organizing Your Compare/Contrast Essay
• There are a variety of ways to organize your C/C essay.
• You can use a POINT-by-POINT organization
Example: AB, AB, AB, AB
• Or you can use TOPIC organization in your text
• Example: AAAAA, BBBBB
Subject A
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
Subject B
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3
Point 4
SCOBA created by Stacy Suhadolc
Comparison/Contrast Language Structures
• ADJer than….
• The ADJest…..
• More ADJ than….
• Not as ADJ as….
• As ADJ as……
• As ADV as…..
• A is different from B in that……
• A differs from B in that…..
• A can be compared to B in terms of……
• A is very similar to B except that…..
• A is completely different from B because……
(adj = adjective)
Writing about a topic
• Writing an interesting and thought-provoking comparison/contrast
assignment requires a topic that avoids OBVIOUS points of
comparison/contrast and that includes some kind of social or cultural
INSIGHTS that the author can bring to the topic.
• Choose a topic that you know well!

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Organizing your compare contrast essay

  • 2. Organizing Your Compare/Contrast Essay • There are a variety of ways to organize your C/C essay. • You can use a POINT-by-POINT organization Example: AB, AB, AB, AB • Or you can use TOPIC organization in your text • Example: AAAAA, BBBBB
  • 3. Subject A Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Point 4 Subject B Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Point 4 SCOBA created by Stacy Suhadolc
  • 4.
  • 5. Comparison/Contrast Language Structures • ADJer than…. • The ADJest….. • More ADJ than…. • Not as ADJ as…. • As ADJ as…… • As ADV as….. • A is different from B in that…… • A differs from B in that….. • A can be compared to B in terms of…… • A is very similar to B except that….. • A is completely different from B because…… (adj = adjective)
  • 6. Writing about a topic • Writing an interesting and thought-provoking comparison/contrast assignment requires a topic that avoids OBVIOUS points of comparison/contrast and that includes some kind of social or cultural INSIGHTS that the author can bring to the topic. • Choose a topic that you know well!