Compare & Contrast Basics
What type of informational writing explains how two subjects are alike and different?
What is compare/contrast writing?
A utopia is best defined as an imagined society that is what?
What is ideal or perfect?
This organizational structure discusses all features of one subject before moving to the other.
What is subject-by-subject organization?
This organizational structure compares both subjects one feature at a time.
What is feature-by-feature organization?
Writers choose an organizational structure based on this factor.
What is the purpose of the writing (or clarity of comparison)?
Compare/contrast writing is commonly used to explain, analyze, or do this to ideas.
What is evaluate ideas or concepts?