hey it's wendy again from world wide
speak
and in this video i'm going to talk
about
um the point by point method
for the comparison and contrast
essay and it's just going to be an
overview of what the structure looks
like
so if you're new to writing in english
and now you need to write a comparison
and contrast essay
and you're interested in the point by
point
method then this is the video for you to
watch
so you can get a great understanding of
what that structure looks like
specifically okay let's learn all right
in the other
video i did on the comparison and
contrast essay for the
block method i showed this same slide
and it just shows you the difference
between the two ways to write
this type of essay the block
method has the two body paragraphs and
each paragraph only focuses on one thing
for example
in this one you know body paragraph
would body paragraph one would focus on
the orange and body paragraph two would
focus on
the apple and that's for the block
method well
the point by point is what i'm going to
talk to you about today
and that's a bit different than the
block method
the point-by-point method talks about
both things you're comparing in
each paragraph and they're going to be
more paragraphs it won't just be
two like the block method so
in paragraph one we're going to talk
about
one point of comparison and we'll talk
about the orange and the apple
and then in paragraph two we'll focus on
a different point of comparison again
we'll talk about both the orange and the
apple and
so on so as i stated before in the other
video
the block method's great to start out
with it's
maybe a little bit easier and
the point by point method can go into
more detail and maybe a little more
interesting for the reader
now remember that is totally my opinion
but so here you see again the two
methods side by side
let's move forward and focus on this
point by point
method and so that we can really
understand the structure
and what it looks like so the point by
point method
in this method the writer talks about
one
point of comparison between the two
subjects
in each paragraph just like i stated
before in the previous slide so what
does this
look like the structure when what does
the structure look like when you begin
writing there's the introduction
paragraph then you have a body paragraph
with your point of comparison one
you have another body paragraph with
another
point of comparison and then possibly
another body paragraph
with another point of comparison and
lastly you have your
conclusion paragraph so
you're going to be comparing like in our
example and today we're going to be
comparing
oranges and apples so you're going to
find
three things three points of comparison
and you're going to focus on each point
in each body paragraph and you're going
to mention the orange
and the apple in each
body paragraph okay let's talk about the
introduction paragraph
the first sentence you're going to need
is
some sort of hook and that just means
it's an
interesting sentence that grabs your
reader's attention right away and says
hey
you're going to want to read this essay
because it's super
interesting then you're going to need to
give some background information
about the two subjects so your reader
understands that there are two things
involved in this
paper and lastly you're going to need a
super strong
thesis statement and in order to write
one of those
you're going to have to include
the points of comparison between the two
subjects
and then you also need to let the reader
know
if you're talking about similarities
differences or both
let's take a moment to look at what a
strong thesis would look like
for a comparison and contrast essay
point by point method i've done an
example thesis for similarities
differences
and both to give you a better idea
so let's say we were going to talk about
similarities
you can see the sentence there
is the thesis sentence for that and it
says
both oranges and apples are a specific
type of food grown in similar
places and provide many important
nutrients for humans
i've mentioned three points of
comparisons
so it's that they're a type of food they
grow in similar places
and they provide important nutrients so
each of my body paragraphs is going to
focus on
one specific point of comparison that's
mentioned in the thesis
and i'll go specifically in that order
as well
now let's say we want to talk about
differences
our thesis would look something like
this compared to oranges
apples originated in a different area of
the world
grow in cooler climates and differ
greatly
in appearance so i've let my reader know
the three points of comparison are
different area of the world where they
originated
where they grow in cooler climates and
that they look different their
appearance is different
and the reader knows i'm focusing on
differences right so i've used the word
different area of the world and differ
greatly to remind them of that so our
thesis is
very focused we've mentioned the three
points of comparison
and we've used the correct language to
show differences
now lastly let's take a look at what a
thesis
statement would look like if you were
going to do both similarities
and differences even though oranges and
apples
are different in where they're grown
and where they originated they both
are similar in how people use them
three points of comparison
two of those are showing differences
and one of those is showing similarities
you can do
both um and i made sure to use the
correct
language to inform the reader that
uh when i used even though i'm setting
up a contrast right
and i show that there i use the word
different
um to indicate a difference and then
i the second part of the sentence i say
they both
are similar i use the word both and the
word
similar to signal to the reader
i'm going to focus on similarities for
this point
so there you have it a thesis statement
for similarities
for differences and for both okay i'd
like to go over
specifically what would be inside the
body paragraph
for a point by point method
essay so let's just say i'm going to
focus on
differences and remember those thesis
statements i showed you previously
i'm just using the same one that i did
for differences
so let's say our main focus of our essay
is on differences and here's our thesis
compared to oranges apples originated
in a different area of the world grow in
cooler climates
and differ greatly in appearance
so my three body paragraphs what are
those going to look like
well body paragraph number one point of
comparison number one
is going to be where they originated do
you see how i mentioned that
first in my thesis it has to be
the first body paragraph so that there's
no confusion
and that it's very it flows nicely when
the reader's reading it
now you mentioned the orange first
and then you mentioned the apple
remember here
in our thesis we mentioned our orange
first
and then our apple we have to be really
careful with order
in the comparison and contrast essay now
what do you think body paragraph number
two is going to be about
well yeah you're right it's about the
climate because that's the second thing
i mentioned in my thesis and again i'm
going to talk about the orange first
and then i'm going to talk about the
apple in comparison
to the orange and lastly i'm sure you
know
exactly the answer to this it's
going to be about their appearance
because it's the last thing that i
mentioned in
my thesis statement and
like the other body paragraphs we talk
about the orange first
then we talk about the apple in
comparison
to the orange so you can see here
there's a nice flow and order
to your essay as long as you
keep things consistent remember
in your thesis the first thing you talk
about is going to be your first
body paragraph and then you need to keep
your two subjects in order if you talk
about oranges first
you have to talk about oranges first in
each body paragraph
okay so i thought it would help you if
i actually wrote out one of these
paragraphs so you could see
what it looks like in real life and
remember our thesis
is the one for differences and this
would be
the first body paragraph for this essay
now this is a very very basic
body paragraph but in also you probably
would never write about apples and
oranges
but for this example it's nice to see
because it's very clear
so if we look at the first
point of comparison it's where they
originated
the second point of comparison is cooler
climates
and the third one is appearance
now you might want to pause the video
here for a second
and read the body paragraph so
that you have a better understanding of
what i'm about to say
next okay great so
you can see the first
sentence that i write
in this body paragraph talks about
place of origin so we know the topic
of this body paragraph is about the
place of origin
and i talk first about
the oranges and then
i talk about the apples
and then when i'm talking about the
apple
you can see that i reference back
to the orange and i do that by saying
and i use the transition word in
contrast which is also a great one to
use when you're writing about
differences signals to the reader oh
they're going to show me a difference
and i say in contrast on
like the orange so i'm telling the
reader hey
i know i just talked about the orange
and i'm going to tell you something
about the apple that's
different than this orange i said the
apple comes from
central asia so you can see here in this
very
basic paragraph that
i mention the first point of comparison
in my topic sentence and i show that
there are
differences and then i mentioned the
orange first
and then i mentioned the apple in
comparison to the orange and i make sure
to use the correct language
like if i'm talking about differences i
use different
or differ and then i also use a
transition word
to show the reader that difference and
lastly the conclusion paragraph
how do we write this well we restate our
thesis
and we that's we tell the reader that we
focused on similarities or differences
or both we just remind them of that
and then our next sentence can talk
about
the points of comparison again remember
in ours
the three points of the comparison were
where they originated um the climate
they grow in
and their appearance and then we can
give
for a final sentence some sort of
opinion or realization
that we had after we analyzed and
compared
or contrasted these two subjects
i'd like to give you an example of a
conclusion
so you have a better idea of what this
looks like
so again you might want to pause the
video here for a second
and read this short paragraph
so you have a better idea of what i'm
talking about
as i go through each sentence
okay thanks for taking the time to read
that
so remember i said the first thing you
need is to restate your thesis
well here i did that here and i made
sure
to use that transition to conclude
to signal to our reader hey this essay
is finishing
it makes it flow really smoothly
and i said oranges and apples have many
differing qualities
i just use a little bit different
language and just to
remind the reader that i was talking
about differences
and then i mentioned that you can
restate or talk about the points of
comparison again
i wrote clearly this can be seen when
the place of origin
growing climate and appearance are all
taken
into consideration i just
touch upon each point of comparison in
the second sentence and lastly
i'm going to have some opinion or
realization about these two things
and i wrote while both of these are
often
lumped together rightly so as fruit
it's important to realize that these
small
but significant differences make oranges
and apples
truly unique and definitely fascinating
to study
as well as eat so
there you have it a short clear
effective conclusion paragraph it's very
basic
but it's really useful for you when
you're learning how to write in english
to see what this structure looks like in
the type of language
that we're using okay there are some
things i'd like you to remember
and that's number one watch your order
remember when i talked about in the
point by point method in the thesis you
have your points of comparison
well you need to make sure those body
paragraphs match up
to those points of comparison if you
mention something first it's got to be
the first body paragraph
also within your paragraph you've got to
keep the order of the two subjects
if you talk about one thing first in the
first body paragraph then you have to
talk about it first in the second
third fourth however many body
paragraphs for
us was oranges and apples and we
always talked about the orange first and
then we talked about the apple
you need to use the appropriate
comparison transition words i have a
video on this it's great
to watch that so you can understand
how we use these transition words with
comparison and contrast
essays and i give plenty of examples
lastly let's just review that structure
of the point by point method
for comparison contrast essay again
so we have our introduction paragraph we
have body paragraph one with the point
of comparison one
and we make sure to follow the correct
order
and for us it was oranges than apples
and our point of comparison was origin
then we have body paragraph number two
and it's the second point of comparison
and we mentioned the first thing
and then the second thing in the same
order as we did in the
first body paragraph for us it was where
they
grew or where they grow then we have
body paragraph number three
again we keep the same order and for us
it was appearance what they looked like
and then you have your conclusion
paragraph
so that's it you just need to really
watch your order
and use the correct transitions and
you are going to write a clear and
effective
comparison contrast essay you can do
this
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