Comparison and Contrast Essay
Step 1:
Understand that comparison means to look for similarities and contrast means to look for differences! |
Step 2:
Choose a topic that has features to compare and contrast.
Choose a topic that has features to compare and contrast.
A List Of Excellent Compare And Contrast Essay Topics
- Decide which drink is better for you – Pepsi or Coca-Cola; tea or coffee; orange juice or apple juice.
- Which class is the most interesting/most boring – Math or Literature?
- If you’re a TV show/movie fan, you can compare them, for example Batman or Superman; Star Trek vs. Star Wars; Harry Potter vs. the Lord of the Rings.
- Maybe you have a pet and you can compare or contrast it with another one you like the least – cats or dogs; fish or parrot.
- Write about the music you like/don’t like – pop music vs. classical music, rap vs. rock, jazz vs. blues, rock-n-roll vs. electro etc.
- Sports or hobbies-- soccer or football, basketball or hockey, winter sports vs. summer sports, team sports vs. individual sports.
- Favorite book/cartoon/film characters – Sam vs. Frodo, Gandalf or Dumbledor, Malfoy vs. Potter, Halk vs. Flesh etc. Simply choose the pair which you like the most and start writing.
- Favorite animals – mammals vs. reptiles, snakes vs. spiders, insects vs. reptiles, lion or tiger, bear or shark, wolf or fox. There are plenty of factors in which they can be compared, for example who is the strongest, smartest, fastest, ugliest, scariest, funniest etc.
- Halloween night to Christmas Eve
- Weeds to flowers.
- Being the president to being a school principal
- Christopher Columbus to early astronauts.
- Writing essays to creating art work
- Hurricanes to blizzards.
- The decisions of Red Riding Hood to the decisions of Goldilocks.
- Making an apple pie to making a mud pie.
- Listening to music to reading books.
- Learning to ride a bike to learning to drive a car.
- Going to a move to watching a movie at home.
- Spending time with your friend to spending time with your dog, or a pet
- Snowfall to rainfall.
- Living on a farm to living in the city
- Washing dishes to washing laundry.
- The life of a dog to the life of a cat.
- Playing team sports to playing individual sports
- Being grounded to being in jail.
- Talking to your mom or dad and talking to your friends.
- The benefits of cold to the benefits of heat.
- Your best birthday to your worst birthday.
- Your happiest day to your saddest day.
Step 3
Organize your supporting details in a venn diagram. Access the venn diagram with this button. |
Step 4
Draft a comparison/contrast essay. Remember to use the transition words when comparing and contrasting. |
Step 5
Revise your essay. Remember to use the acronym ARMS--check to see if you need to Add more information, to Remove unnecessary details, Move sentences to enhance the order of your essay, Substitute boring words with strong words.
Revise your essay. Remember to use the acronym ARMS--check to see if you need to Add more information, to Remove unnecessary details, Move sentences to enhance the order of your essay, Substitute boring words with strong words.