English — Writing: How to Write a Compare and Contrast Essay — Structure and Connectors — 3rd Year Secondary — Literary Stream — Algerian Curriculum

Compare and Contrast Essay

A compare and contrast essay examines the similarities and differences between two subjects.

Structure

1. Introduction: Present the two subjects and thesis
2. Body paragraph 1: Similarities (compare)
3. Body paragraph 2: Differences (contrast)
4. Conclusion: Summary and final judgment

Connectors for Comparing

• Similarly, likewise, in the same way
• Both…and, just like, similar to
• Also, as well as, just as…so

Connectors for Contrasting

• However, in contrast, on the other hand
• Unlike, whereas, while, although
• Different from, contrary to, yet

Exercise

Write 5 sentences comparing and contrasting two things: 1. City life vs country life. 2. Books vs movies. 3. High school vs university.

More: Argumentative Essay and Descriptive Paragraph.

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