COMPARE

AND
CONTRAST
ESSAY

Conten
ts
Comparing and Contrasting
Graphic Organizers
- Basic Block Style Introduction to Comparison
Essay
- Block Comparison style
- Point-by-Point Comparison Style
Connectors and Transitions

Introduction to Comparison
Essay
A comparison essay is one of the most common forms
of essay writing. In good comparison essay, the writers
usually discusses two subjects, and these two subjects
can be anything-people, objects, places, or idea.
Even though this kind of writing is commonly called
comparison , writer can focus on only comparison
(similarities), only contrast(differences), or comparisoncontrast (writing about both similarities and differences).

Comparison and Contrasting

Comparing and contrasting are very common in academic writing.

The purpose of comparison is to

show how people, place, thing,
or idea are similar.
The purpose of contrast is to
show how people, place, thing,
or idea are different.

Organization of Comparison Essay

Writers organized comparison essay in

three different ways. There are called:
Basic block
Block comparison
Point-by-point comparison

Basic Block
Style
The first style
introduced
similarities
between two
objects and then
the differences, or
vice versa.

Basic block style look like this:

Introductory Paragraph
Thesis statement
Body paragraph 1
Similarities between A
and B
Body paragraph 2
Differences between A
and B
Concluding paragraph

Block Comparison Style

The second style also has two body
paragraph. However, this style only
describes one item only in the first
body paragraph and describes second
item in the second body paragraph.
The second body paragraph show how
the second item compare with the first
one by using the same categories of
comparison.

Block comparison style look like

this:
Introductory Paragraph
Thesis statement
Body paragraph 1
Point about A
Body paragraph 2
Point about B in comparison
to A
Concluding paragraph

Point-by-point
Comparison Style

The third style that is a

comparison-and-contrast essay.
This style have several body
paragraph, and there are as many
body paragraph as there are
points of comparison.

Point-by-point comparison style look

Introductory
like this:
Paragraph
Thesis statement

Body paragraph 1
Point 1: A and B
Body paragraph 2
Point 2: A and B
Body paragraph 3
Point 3: A and B
Concluding paragraph

Connectors and Transitions

These are the list of common comparing and contrasting structures
for connectors and transitions.

a.Comparing (within a sentences)

- compare to + noun
- the same + noun + as
- as + adj/adv + as
- like + noun
- not onlybut also
- bothand
- also
- S + v, and S + V
- S + V, and S + V, too

a.Comparing (between sentences)

- in addition, S + V
- similarity, S + V
- likewise, S + V
b.Contrasting (within a sentences)
- although / Even though /
though + S + V, S + V
- unlike + noun
- whereas / while + S + V, S + V
- S + V, but S + V

c.Contrasting (between sentences)

- conversely, S + V
- however, S + V
- on one hand, S + V
- on the other hand, S + V
- in contrast, S + V
- nevertheless, S + V