*****For Essays Guru Only*****

This week you will submit the rough draft of your second writing assignment, the comparison-contrast essay. The purposes of this discussion topic are for you to make sure you have a clear topic and points of comparison and to see what topics and strategies your fellow students are using for that essay.

Before responding to this thread, you should have read through the instructions for WA #2. (You can view the instructions through the Assignments area of the classroom.)

For your comparison-contrast essay, you will need two subjects to compare/contrast. You will also need three points of comparison/contrast -- three areas in which you can compare/contrast your two subjects. For example, if you are comparing/contrasting two computer software programs, three possible points of comparison/contrast are the functionality, the user interface, and the cost. Note that this does not necessarily mean only three body paragraphs as some of the points may need more than one paragraph to develop them fully.

Please post the following to this discussion:

-Your topic for the comparison-contrast essay

-The three points of comparison/contrast that you will develop in the essay.