Comparison and Contrast Essay

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My Essay topic is” Home Stay Vs. Dormitory “(Study abroad)  Notes about the Item-Item (Point-by-Point) organizational plan:  This is the most sophisticated format, and it is usually the most successful. Choose items/points on which to compare the two, and then write a paragraph on each item/point. You should have 3-5 items/points, but you can have only 2.   These would be longer paragraphs than if you had more items. Remember to move back and forth between your two compared people or things throughout the essay.  Doing this assures that you are actually making comparisons and contrasts.  Avoid simply writing about one in the first half and the other in the second.  When you do this, you run the risk of not really doing any comparing at all.  Use appropriate comparison words and transitions: Similarities:  like, alike, similar, also, in agreement, agree, share, in common, in accord, likewise Differences:  differ, difference, but, yet, however, in contrast, on the contrary, on the other hand, disagree, whereas Degrees of similarity and difference:  more, most, less, few, fewer, bigger, smaller, taller, shorter