Essay Writing – Weeks 6 – 7 – Online

Lesson 3:

Comparison Essay

Read pages 70 – 71 of the Course book and answer the question.

 What do you do when comparing things or people?

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 Does the comparison essay have the thesis statement?
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 How do you understand this?

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 How many ways to write a comparison essay? What are they?
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Page 70

Read essay 3.1, page 72 and complete the sentences briefly.

1. The thesis statement is:
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2. Is it direct or indirect? __________________________
3. What are the topic sentences of the body paragraphs?
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4. In which way is the essay organized? ______________________
5. What are the key words in the concluding paragraph that restate the thesis?
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Essay 3.1

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Remember

 Two basic ways of the comparison essays:

Look at the formats of a comparison essay below. Decide which one (A or B) is
organized in block method and which one is point-by-point method.

A Countryside or Cities B Countryside or Cities

Introduction paragraph Introduction paragraph
Thesis: Thesis:
1st body paragraph: Countryside 1st body paragraph: Atmosphere
 Atmosphere  Countryside
 Air  Cities
 People
2nd body paragraph: Air
2nd body paragraph: Cities
 Countryside
 Atmosphere  Cities
 Air
3rd body paragraph: People
 People
 Countryside
Concluding paragraph
 Cities
Concluding paragraph

 Connectors for Comparison Essays

Complete the table with the words in the box below.
However/ nevertheless/ yet Similarly Compared to In contrast
Although/ even though/ though In addition to Likewise Unlike

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Connectors to show similarities Connectors to show contrast

Read page 79 of the Course book and check.

Grammar Review
Look back at page 54 and 81 and complete the grammar tasks.
Venn Diagram
Look at the Venn Diagram in your Course book, page 89.
What does the diagram mean?

Together with your friend(s), compare the Cause-Effect Essay to the Comparison Essay. You
can use the Venn Diagram to develop your ideas.
Visit: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/ to look up these words to develop your
vocabulary.

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Circle the words or phrases that are closely related to the words (phrases) in bold.

Complete the phrases with a suitable word in the boxes.

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Writing Practice

Which of these topics will you choose to write a comparison essay?

1. Learning online and learning in classroom (offline). 

2. Writing a cause-effect essay and writing a comparison essay. 
3. Your own topic. 

Which method of the comparison essay will you develop, block  or point-by-point ?

Write the Introduction paragraph and the 1st Body paragraph of the essay. Limit your
paragraphs to 80 words.