an American staple. However, making Topic and then introduce new information in your Support their first appearance in the 1960s and Paragraphs. His Introduction currently making a comeback, ends with the Thesis Statement scooters can be spotted in urban (in bold and underlined type): areas almost as frequently as and “motorcycles motorcycles. Although motorcycles scooters…more different than and scooters can appear similar, alike.” they are far more different than alike. The Support Paragraphs The Support paragraphs in the Comparison-Contrast Essay have three parts: Support Paragraph: Sentence (The reason your reader should believe your Thesis.) General Support Specific Support quotes, statistics, and examples that back – up your Comparison/Contrast. Let’s use the student essay contrasting and motor scooters” “motorcycles to illustrate the point. (The Topic Sentence for the Paragraph is underlined; the General Support is in Blue Type, and the Specific Support is in Red Type. The Transitions for the Topic Sentence at the beginning of the Support Paragraph are in (parentheses). The Transitions for the Specific Support Sentences the examples are in [brackets]. – – Support Paragraph 1: 1(A key difference) between 1Transition words signaling the first Support Point: (A key difference) motorcycles and scooters is the 3Scooters are relatively 2The Topic Sentence of the Support cheap compared to Paragraph 1 gives the first area of
an American staple. However, making their first appearance in the 1960s and currently making a comeback, scooters can be spotted in urban areas almost as frequently as motorcycles. Although motorcycles and scooters can appear similar, they are far more different than alike. Topic and then introduce new information in your Support Paragraphs. His Introduction ends with the Thesis Statement (in bold and underlined type): “motorcycles and scooters…more different than alike.” The Support Paragraphs The Support paragraphs in the Comparison-Contrast Essay have three parts: Support Paragraph: Sentence (The reason your reader should believe your Thesis.) General Support Specific Support – quotes, statistics, and examples that back up your Comparison/Contrast. Let’s use the student essay contrasting “motorcycles and motor scooters” to illustrate the point. (The Topic Sentence for the Paragraph is underlined; the General Support is in Blue Type, and the Specific Support is in Red Type. The Transitions for the Topic Sentence at the beginning of the Support Paragraph are in (parentheses). The Transitions for the Specific Support Sentences – the examples – are in [brackets]. Support Paragraph 1: 1(A key difference) between motorcycles and scooters is the 3Scooters are relatively cheap compared to 1Transition words signaling the first Support Point: (A key difference) 2The Topic Sentence of the Support Paragraph 1 gives the first area of
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