When writing a compare and contrast paper...

[platinumike]

i have to compare 2 writers to each other. Im having a hard time wording it. Do I talk about writer a in first paragraph, then writer b in paragraph 2, and then use paragraph 3 to explain the similarities? Or..... Do I write it all in one pargraph like "writer a is born in new york, suprisingly enough writer b is born in new york as well"

Thanks.

 

[GregGreen]

There are two ways to do it. One way is to compare each point (or a few points if they are tiny) in it's own paragraph, then the next point in the next paragraph -- writing about each author in each paragraph. The other way is to write all points about one author in one paragraph (or two if there are a lot of points) and then all points on the other author in the next paragraph. Either works fine if you write it well.

 

[ColdFusion718]

Sometimes, I write about topic A, then topic B, then say how topic A and B are similar, followed by how topic A and B are different, then finally some BS closing points. I separate each of those into paragraphs.