Compare & Contrast Research Assignments Compare and contrast essays are typical of many academic disciplines. This type of essay examines similarities and differences between two or more items from one or more perspectives. By assigning such essays, your instructors are encouraging you to make connections between texts or ideas, engage in critical thinking, and go beyond mere description or summary to generate interesting analysis: when you reflect on similarities and differences, you gain a deeper understanding of the items you are comparing, their relationship to each other, and what is most important about them. TOPICS: The cultural differences between two different countries. (I’m from Japan so I would like to chose Japan and other country) CONTENT REQUIREMENTS: • Your thesis statement will identify the main topic, limitation and essay instruction. • Show similarities and differences between 2 items • Explain how one is better than the other • Establish criteria to be compared and contrasted • Organize ideas logically into coherent paragraphs (block by-block or point-by-point) • Include all 3 required sections (introduction, body and conclusion) • Use appropriate compare/contrast and evaluative language
