Description: Compare contrasting attitudes on a controversial subject.
Objectives: Choose clear elements or features for comparison.
Develop an essay with emphasis on comparison and/or contrast.
Instructions: Write an essay comparing two contrasting attitudes on a controversial subject. You may want to contrast your views with those of someone else, or contrast the way you felt about the subject in the past with the way you feel right now.
Detailed Directions:
1. Choose any controversial topic that you want. The important partsupport each side of the argument.
3. Organize your paper into four paragraphs
Paragraph 1: Introduction, Paragraph 2: Pro or con, Paragraph 3: Pro or con, & Paragraph 4: Conclusion
4. If you want to write an unbiased comparison, it doesn’t matter whether you start with pro or con. However, if you have an opinion on the topic, you want to put the side you agree with in the third paragraph.
