Steps To Write Compare And Contrast Essay

Essay writing is a strong way of communication between a writer and the reader. It is a platform for students to express their thoughts, ideas, feelings and emotions on specific topics. It has different types among which compare and contrast is the one. Writing a top-notch essay is definitely a challenging task for students and neophyte writers as well. As students are at the initial stage of writing, they must learn basic rules in order to become a professional essay writer in near future.

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If you consider writing as a tough job, you’re mistaken. Learning this task is not difficult at all. However, it requires smart work to write presentable content. Many students struggle to score good marks in essay writing assignments. Especially when a student is asked to write a compare-contrast essay, he fails to write it in a well-managed and organized way. There are several reasons for happening so.

If you’re thinking that how I can write my essay in a remarkable and impressive way, below are some tips for you to do so.

Brainstorming:

It is a process which should be followed by all the students before they commence to write a compare-contrast essay. This process urges a student to critically think about the assigned topic. It helps in provoking thoughts regarding similarities and differences between two or more than two subjects according to the assigned statement. Moreover, it assists a writer to look at a particular subject in a number of different ways which lead a student to draw meaningful comparisons.

However, the scattered ideas or thoughts flow in a student's mind as a result of Brainstorming. Those ideas may be relevant, less relevant or not relevant. Jotting down all those points on a sheet of paper should be an utmost responsibility of a student. At this stage a student has no need of organizing those thoughts in an appropriate manner. 

Outline:        

Making a creative line is the foremost step to be followed by every student in order to write a handy, impressive, organized and presentable content. The more organized an outline, the more outstanding the essay will be. As you’re now stepping up towards writing an essay, this is the process in which you finalize the opening statement, thesis statement and concluding remarks.

This process helps a student in jotting down all the relevant ideas in an organized way. The key is to eliminate all the unnecessary or less important points with the topic. In a compare-contrast essay, writing a robust thesis statement is a challenging task for all newbies students.

A thesis statement in this kind of essay guides a writer to narrow down his focus on specific characteristics of particular subjects and critically explicate them in the main body of the essay. It urges a writer to highlight the importance of minor things which may seem lite in weight but are heavy in significance.

 Concluding Remarks:

Writing the concluding remarks in an impressive way is an art. All students must learn this art as soon as possible in order to write top-tier essays. Concluding a compare-contrast essay in a meaningful way is of prime importance. A student has to conclude the comparisons of similarities and differences in final concluding remarks by declaring his position about the assigned topic in a vivid way. If a student fails to do so, he may leave the reader (teacher) with many unresolved queries and questions which are the source of raising confusion in the teacher's mind. So, summing up the whole discussion in an extraordinary clear way is very important.