A Comparison of Living Alone and Having a Roommate

Midterm Essay Instructions

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

1100 words,

MLA format!

Write an essay comparing any two groups that have divergent values. For example, vegetarians and meat eaters or smokers and nonsmokers etc.

Your assignment is due Friday night at midnight.

Please submit your paper to Canvas in Module 8.

Helpful hints for your paper:

First paragraph– Hook! Introduce your topic, give the reader some background information and include your thesis statement (tells what the following two paragraphs will compare and contrast).

Second paragraph– compare the two topics, tell how they are alike (include research, statistics, data).

Third paragraph– tell how the topics are different (include research, statistics, data).

Fourth Paragraph– Conclusion- Conclude your paper, restate your thesis statement.

Remember, to cite at least three (3) sources, please cite in-text and in your Works Cited page (see MLA Template in files).

Remember, at least two citations per paragraph.

At least six sentences make a full paragraph.

Times New Romans 12 font

You may not go under the word minimum-research your topic! If you do not meet the word minimum, your essay is incomplete.

Prof. Randolph