Writing Academic English 4th Edition

Blod,
Organization

Outlining

Comparison/

Essay

Ch<l1illiiter 71 IComparison/ContrastEssays 115

Thenumberofparagraphsineachblockdependsonthetopic.Forsometopics,

youmaywriteaboutallthesimilaritiesina singleparagraph;forothertopics,you

mayneedtodiscusseachsimilarityina separateparagraph.Thesameis truefordif-

ferences.Ofcourse,sometopicsmayhaveoneparagraphofsimilaritiesandseveral

paragraphsofdifferences,orviceversa.

Completetheoutlineofthemodelessay"JapanandtheUnitedStates:Differentbut

Alike."

I.Introduction

Thesisstatement:Onthesurfaceat least,U.S.andJapanesesocieties

seemtotallyopposite.

II.Body

A. _

1.Japanisa homogeneoussociety.

2.

B. _

1.Individualismversusgroups

2.

3. Risingabovethecrowd,admired,andrewardedversus

4.

a. TheUnitedStatesbuildsairplanes.

b.

Inspiteofthesedifferences,thesetwoapparentlyoppositeculturesshare

severalimportantexperiences.

c.Bothhavetransplantedcultures.

1.

2.