Compare and Contrast Instructions<\/b><\/p>\n
The table below provides an extensive list of topic options from which you must select, and we recommend that you choose one that you are interested in beyond this course. For instance, if you are a Finance or Business major, you might be interested in the Stocks v. Bonds topic. If you are a Political Science major, you might choose Monarchy v. Presidency. Or perhaps you\u2019re taking StraighterLine\u2019s Intro to Philosophy course, in which case you might opt for the Hobbes v. Locke topic. Note that you must use at least one credible source to support your ideas. <\/p>\n
Additional helpful resources:<\/b><\/p>\n
Compare\/Contrast Rubric<\/a> | Compare and Contrast Sample<\/a><\/p>\n You may choose any of these topics:Topic Options<\/b><\/p>\n \u2022Stocks v. Bonds<\/p>\n \u2022Socialism v. Capitalism<\/p>\n \u2022Hitler v. Napoleon<\/p>\n \u2022Apple v. Microsoft<\/p>\n \u2022Renaissance Art v. Baroque Art (or any two artistic periods)<\/p>\n \u2022Biology v. Chemistry<\/p>\n \u2022America in the 1950s v. the 1970s<\/p>\n \u2022Women in 1914 v. today<\/p>\n \u2022Pop Culture in the 1980s v. Pop Culture today<\/p>\n \u2022Abraham Lincoln v. Thomas Jefferson (or any two presidencies)<\/p>\n \u2022British English v. American English<\/p>\n \u2022Writing for print v. Writing for the Web\u2022American Government v. Canadian Government (or any world government) <\/p>\n \u2022US Constitution v. Articles of Confederation<\/p>\n \u2022Star Wars v. Star Trek<\/p>\n \u2022Monarchy v. Presidency <\/p>\n \u2022Thomas Hobbes v. John Locke (or any two philosophers) <\/p>\n \u2022The former USSR v. Russia today <\/p>\n \u2022(World War) Allies v. Axis <\/p>\n \u2022Maya Angelou v. Adrienne Rich (or any two poets) <\/p>\n \u2022Nazism v. Fascism<\/p>\n Choose one of the options above and write an essay comparing or contrasting the two topics in your selection using EITHER the point-by-point OR the subject-by-subject method to organize the details and specific examples. Consider focusing on three to five subtopics and generate ideas through prewriting. Develop a strong thesis statement for your essay that includes your two topics from the list above; your three to five subtopics; and a claim about how they are similar, different, or both. <\/p>\n Sample Thesis Statements:<\/b><\/p>\n If you will argue that your two topics are mostly similar:<\/p>\n Topic A and Topic B share many similar characteristics, including (Supporting point 1), (Supporting point 2), and (Supporting point 3); while they differ in (Additional supporting point), the similarities greatly outweigh the differences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Compare and Contrast Instructions The table below provides an extensive list of topic options from which you must select, and we recommend that you choose one that you are interested in beyond this course. For instance, if you are a Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}