Sarah Assignment 1
Have you chosen two subjects that have significant similarities?
Does your statement identify the two subjects you are comparing and tell why they
are alike (and perhaps also briefly acknowledge their differences)?
Does your paper’s structure follow either a point-by-point or a subject-by-subject
pattern?
Does each of your topic sentences identify the subject you are discussing and the point
you are focusing on in the paragraph?
Do transitional words and phrases clearly lead readers from subject to subject and from
point to point?
Have you followed your instructor’s format and documentation guidelines?
Discuss the comparisons or similarities of your topic in the first body paragraph.
Point out the differences or contrasts of your essay’s subject in the second body
paragraph.
