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CompareContrast [Expository] Essay Point by Point (Flip-Flop) Style Block Style Purpose: A compare and contrast essay gives you an opportunity to write about the similarities and differences of the two selected objects. The comparison concentrates on similar points and contrast points out the differences. Essay Pointers: Analyze your subjects to find relevant features Gather specific information about the features Develop a thesis statement that identifies the subjects and the main idea Decide on point-by-point or block method of organization Thesis: Needs to state what you will compare and contrast and to identify the points of comparison in your essay. Example: The Sioux chiefs Red Cloud and Sitting Bull differed in their attitudes toward the government, but were similar in their approaches to war. Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were both great observers of people and life, but they differed in their writing styles. Block method Possible to discuss each subject (each work or author) separately Discuss all the relevant features of one subject; then you discuss all the relevant features of the second subject Point-by-Point (Flip Flop) Focus on the features [instead of the subject that is the focus in the block method] Discuss one feature at a time, as it relates to both subjects; then you discuss the next feature Block Style Introductory paragraph [attention grabber, background, connecting and Thesis] Body 1 Topic Sentence: Subject One Major A: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Major B: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/ evidence Concluding sentence Body 2 Topic Sentence: Subject Two Major A: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Major B: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Concluding sentence Concluding paragraph Point-by-Point Style Introductory paragraph [attention grabber, background, connecting and Thesis] Body 1 Topic Sentence: Characteristic One Major A: Subject One Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Major B: Subject Two Minors: Lead-in w/ evidence Concluding sentence Body 2 Topic Sentence: Characteristic Two Major A: Subject One Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Major B: Subject Two Minors: Lead-in w/evidence Concluding sentence Concluding paragraph Compare-Contrast Outlines Block Style Topic Sentence: Subject Major A: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Major B: Characteristic Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Concluding sentence Point-by-Point Style Topic Sentence: Characteristic Major A: Subject One Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Major B: Subject Two Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Concluding Sentence Compare-Contrast Outlines Block Style Topic Sentence: Emily Dickinson Major A: Writing Style Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Major B: Personality Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Concluding sentence Point-by-Point Style Topic Sentence: Writing Style Major A: Walt Whitman Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Major B: Emily Dickinson Minors: Lead-in w/evid *Commentary Concluding Sentence