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Directions: Fill in the outline and then save it as a .rtf, , or x document. Upload the document using the assignment link. Make sure that you delete all red-colored text and that you insert an MLA heading, a header, and a title before you submit.

I. Introduction

A. (Attention-getter, background information)

B. My favorite restaurant is _______________________

because ________________________, ________________________, and ________________________. (Note: fill in the “because” parts with the three major reasons you will use to show readers why a particular restaurant is your favorite.

 II. First, I enjoy eating at _______________________ because _______________________________. The reason listed here should be the same as the first reason named in the thesis statement.

  A. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #1_

1. ____ Specific detail ______

2: _____ Specific detail _____

  B. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #1_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________

2. _____ Specific detail _________________

  C. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #1_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________
2. _____ Specific detail _________________

III. I also enjoy eating at _______________________ because _______________________________. The reason listed here should be the same as the second reason named in the thesis statement.

A. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #2_

1. ____ Specific detail ______
2: _____ Specific detail _____

  B. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #2_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________
2. _____ Specific detail _________________

  C. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #2_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________
2. _____ Specific detail _________________

IV. Finally, I love to dine at _______________________ because _______________________________. The reason listed here should be the same as the last reason named in the thesis statement.

  A. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #3_

1. ____ Specific detail ______
2: _____ Specific detail _____

  B. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #3_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________
2. _____ Specific detail _________________

 C. _ Subtopic to help support/prove topic sentence #3_

1. ____ Specific detail ___________
2. _____ Specific detail _________________
 

V. Conclusion

A. Insert a concluding statement. It should be a summary, prediction, call to action, or recommendation.

Part 1:

Review the essay criteria, and then draft a plan for comparison/contrast essay

Part 2:

Comparison-Contrast Essay

Write a 500- to 750-word essay using comparison and contrast as the chief method of development.

Use your own thoughts, observations, and/or experiences as the sources for this essay. Research is NOT required or expected for this essay. However, if outside sources are used, a Works Cited page must be included and in-text citations must be added.  

Writing Assignment

Purpose: to inform, persuade, or clarify

Method of Development: comparison-contrast

Choose your own topic, but make sure that the topic allows you to be able to compare/contrast it. A compare/contrast essay should be written in third person point of view, unless including a personal anecdote as an example. You want your essay to have a point as well. Do you want to demonstrate that one thing is better than another?  Do you want to demonstrate that two things that people believe to be the same are actually different? Or, do you want to demonstrate that two things that people believe to be different are actually the same? If you have something in mind but you are unsure if it will work as a compare/contrast essay topic, please send me a message through the Messages link for assistance.