Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Salary $30/hour $25/hoursemi- different

frequencyofraises annualevaluation annualevaluation

BenefitsJ good good same

vacation

healthinsurance

pensionplan

sickleave

Advancementopportunities notgood good different

Workplaceatmosphere highpressure, friendly,supportive different

competitive

Commutingdistance 30 minutes 32 minutes same

Iyoushouldevaluateeachbenefititemseparately.Theyaregroupedtogetherhereforconvenience.

Theotherwaytoorganizea comparison/contrastessayis toarrangeallthesimilar-

itiestogetherina blockandallthedifferencestogetherina block.Youcoulddis-

cusseitherthesimilaritiesfirstorthedifferencesfirst.Youofteninserta transition

paragraphortransitionsentencebetweenthetwoblocks.Themodelessaycompar-

ingJapanandtheUnitedStatesusesblockorganization.

Inyouressay,eachpointofcomparisonbecomesthetopicofa paragraph.You

canputtheparagraphsinanyorderyouwish-perhapsintheorderoftheirimpor-

tancetoyoupersonally.

Block

Organization

Point-bY-Point

Organization

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