1. Paragraph Structure Comparing and Contrasting Debbie Lahav Business English Ruppin Academic Center

2. Making Comparisons and Contrasts A comparison shows how people or things are similar. A contrast shows how they are different. In both, you must identify topics (e.g. hometown and college town) and their points of comparison (e.g., size, location) that can be compared or contrasted. A A B B

3. Organization 1: Whole to Whole Topic sentence: introduction of two topics to be compared Body: examination of topics – first one and then the other Topic 1: Point A Point B Point C Topic 2 Point A Point B Point C Conclusion: evaluation of topics compared

5. Body: examination of topics – first one and then the other

6. Point A

7. Topic 1

8. Topic 2

9. Point B

10. Topic 1

11. Topic 2

12. Point C

13. Topic 1

14. Topic 2