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Compare Contrast Essays
You can go point by point (AB, AB, AB) method of organization.
Let’s say you are comparing two immigrant groups: Central Americans and the Irish.
As with all essays, you will have an introduction paragraph to start things off, to raise your audience’s interest on your subject matter. It is often a good idea to write your body paragraphs first, and at the end work on an introduction and conclusion.
The body paragraphs using the point by point (AB, AB, AB) method might go as follows:
First point: reasons for immigrating
(A) PARAGRAPH on Reasons Central Americans are emigrating out of their countries…
(B) PARAGRAPH on Reasons the Irish immigrated to the U.S.
Second point: waves or rates of immigration
(A)PARAGRAPH on the rate of Central American immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(B) PARAGRAPH on the rate of Irish immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
Third point: perception and portrayals
(A) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceive/portray Central Americans
(B) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceived/portrayed the Irish
The other method of organization is the block method
(ALL A, then ALL B).
First you write the following paragraphs, all focusing on the Central American immigrants.
(A) PARAGRAPH on Reasons Central Americans are emigrating out of their countries…
(A)PARAGRAPH on the rate of Central American immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(A) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceive/portray Central Americans
Thereafter, you transition to your next subject, and cover all of the same points.
(B) PARAGRAPH on Reasons the Irish immigrated to the U.S.
(B) PARAGRAPH on the rate of Irish immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(B) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceived/portrayed the Irish
Transitions are KEY in compare &
You can go point by point (AB, AB, AB) method of organization.
Let’s say you are comparing two immigrant groups: Central Americans and the Irish.
As with all essays, you will have an introduction paragraph to start things off, to raise your audience’s interest on your subject matter. It is often a good idea to write your body paragraphs first, and at the end work on an introduction and conclusion.
The body paragraphs using the point by point (AB, AB, AB) method might go as follows:
First point: reasons for immigrating
(A) PARAGRAPH on Reasons Central Americans are emigrating out of their countries…
(B) PARAGRAPH on Reasons the Irish immigrated to the U.S.
Second point: waves or rates of immigration
(A)PARAGRAPH on the rate of Central American immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(B) PARAGRAPH on the rate of Irish immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
Third point: perception and portrayals
(A) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceive/portray Central Americans
(B) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceived/portrayed the Irish
The other method of organization is the block method
(ALL A, then ALL B).
First you write the following paragraphs, all focusing on the Central American immigrants.
(A) PARAGRAPH on Reasons Central Americans are emigrating out of their countries…
(A)PARAGRAPH on the rate of Central American immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(A) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceive/portray Central Americans
Thereafter, you transition to your next subject, and cover all of the same points.
(B) PARAGRAPH on Reasons the Irish immigrated to the U.S.
(B) PARAGRAPH on the rate of Irish immigration to the U.S., increase, decrease, or waves
(B) Paragraph on how the media, government, or mainstream society perceived/portrayed the Irish
Transitions are KEY in compare &